Oh great…I brought myself into 2025…sigh…Haha, in any case, enjoy this New Years greeting from yours truly. Wishing you all the prosperity, wealth, health, and ‘best life now’ you can handle. Just kidding. Wishing you a heavier cross to bear…so you can be reminded your righteousness is in Christ! Click Here to Watch a SpecialContinue reading “Be Perfect: A New Years Greeting”
Category Archives: The Law
Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | September 21st
Happy Autumn! Happy Saturday! This morning, we are continuing our read-through of the Mockingbird Law & Gospel Book. This week, we are considering ‘the law as control’. Get your favorite Saturday morning refreshments and join us as we discuss how Lord of the Rings, Janet Jackson, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and The Rich Young Ruler (Matthew 19) help us see our addiction to control,Continue reading “Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | September 21st”
Midwest Meditations | Saturday Morning Edition | September 14th, 2024
Join us this morning as we discuss the book of Galatians, DC Comics, Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Maybelline cosmetics, Seinfeld, dirty dishes, mold, mildew, law and grace. Grab your coffee, your favorite energy drink, chamomile tea, a smoothie, or however you start your morning and spend some time with us as we continue reading throughContinue reading “Midwest Meditations | Saturday Morning Edition | September 14th, 2024”
Friday Night Gospel | February 9th
Happy Friday…Here we go…Your weekly dose of law, gospel, and everyday life. Here’s where the law-in-life and gospel implications abounded for me this week. Enjoy…and as always, drop a comment, like, follow, and all that good stuff! In Memoriam… Last week, we failed to pay apt tributes to two recently deceased legends. In memoriam, weContinue reading “Friday Night Gospel | February 9th”
Lockdown, Luther, Law & Gospel | Galatians 5:18
As the week winds down and we prepare for the weekend…and for Spring…let’s take refuge in the wise words of Martin Luther as we continue our weekly series, ‘Lockdown, Luther, Law & Gospel’.
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 5:3-4
Ready for the weekend? I know I am! As we unload the tiresome burdens of another week…let’s soak in gospel goodness from our favorite 16th Century Reformer. Here’s your weekly installment of ‘Luther, Lockdown. Law & Gospel’. Enjoy!
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 4:27
After a long week of busyness, stress, and frustration…take a break and here some good news from Martin Luther. We continue our weekly series, ‘Luther, Lockdown, Law and Gospel’ as a way of providing some much needed relief as we all attempt to navigate COVID, quarantine, and the interruption of our lives. Hope you find rest in this week’s excerpt…
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 4:3
The Law may restrain evil, but it does not deliver from sin…
When the Law exercises its higher function it accuses and condemns the conscience. All these effects of the Law cannot be called divine or heavenly. These effects are elements of the world…
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:18
That the Law is something entirely different from the promise is plain. The Law thunders: “Thou shalt, thou shalt not.” The promise of the “seed” (Christ) pleads: “Take this gift of God.” If the inheritance of the gifts of God were obtained by the Law, God would be a liar. We would have the rightContinue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:18”
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:12
Paul undertakes to explain the difference between the righteousness of the Law and the righteousness of faith. The righteousness of the Law is the fulfillment of the Law according to the passage: “The man that doeth them shall live in them.” The righteousness of faith is to believe the Gospel according to the passage: “TheContinue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:12”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 