The seed grows, though the gardener doesn't know how. But God does! Because the seed is Christ and He comes to us through the Word and that Word makes it…
Jesus compares Satan's realm to a kingdom, a house, and Satan as a strong man, but Jesus Himself entered the strong man's house to bind and plunder him, and he…
The crushing weight of our sin was born by Jesus of Nazareth, the beloved Son of the Father and the One on whom the Holy Spirit rested. His death and…
The power of the Holy Spirit is seen in the kind of people He works with and in making those people wholly alive, just as we see with the prophet…
Crucified, risen, and ascended on high, Jesus prays for His disciples, for the whole Church, and for us Christians, that we would be kept in the true faith as we…
While the cross is central to our salvation, Christ's ascension also has us looking ahead.
"Love one another" sounds like it should be simple, but it's not. Not for us. But it's exactly who Jesus is and what He did. He loved us through the…
First the vine, then the branches, finally the fruit. In Christ the true vine, this is how it goes still. God the Gardener tends and prunes the branches to produce…
Christ promised that His sheep hear His voice and follow Him, and that nothing can snatch them out of His hands. Trusting this promise, we remember and give thanks for…
There is only one Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, who loves and cares for us, His sheep. He laid down His life for us and took it up again that we…
