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”
Category Archives: The Law
Are You Thankful?
In the New Testament epistle of Ephesians, St. Paul instructs the believers at Ephesus to “always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” How are you doing with this command? Are you actually thankful for literally everything in your life…all the time? And before you respond,Continue reading “Are You Thankful?”
Morning Devotion | School Transfers & Divine Grace
I saw the subject line of the email…and it indicated something about missing assignments…I was familiar with this as the school would often send out such alerts. I panicked…”How had my kid fallen behind? In what subjects? What were the implications for his grades?” Then I remembered, “he’s switching schools”. We had transferred him toContinue reading “Morning Devotion | School Transfers & Divine Grace”
Morning Devotional | 2 Corinthians 3:6
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life 2 corinthians 3:6 Allegedly Nietzsche originated the quote, “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” The late German philosopher might have been onto something here…yet from aContinue reading “Morning Devotional | 2 Corinthians 3:6”
Is God First In Your Life?
Trying to ‘put God first‘ brings dissonance and misery in the Christian life…yet, being reminded that ‘He first loved us‘ always brings relief. In the book of Revelation, Jesus warns the church in Ephesus, ‘you have left your first love…’ Or as St. Paul articulates in his letter to the Galatian church, ‘You have fallen fromContinue reading “Is God First In Your Life?”
Midweek Meditation | Psalm 22:16
…They pierced my hands and feet. Psalm 22:16 It is never God’s way to retrain our hands to do righteousness. The desire to do righteousness is itself the epitome of evil (cf. Galatians 4:21). In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns, “If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and castContinue reading “Midweek Meditation | Psalm 22:16”
Morning Devotion | Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 2:17 The Preacher hated life…so do I often. When I read a verse like this, my first inclination is to say, ‘well of course, you find lifeContinue reading “Morning Devotion | Ecclesiastes 2:17”
Mourning, Grace, & Justification…
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4 What if our misery and frustration in this life are nothing more than the mourning of the death of the cherished ideal version of ourselves? Daily life mercilessly tears through these fragile, mortal bodies stripping us of the confidence we have unconsciously placedContinue reading “Mourning, Grace, & Justification…”
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!
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 