We wait as those sanctified in Christ Jesus, as those enriched in Him, and as those whom the faithful God will sustain to the end.
"Oh that You would rend the heavens and come down," Isaiah prayed. Though sin divides people from God, He does come to save us in Jesus Christ. He ripped open…
"God shall bless us" (Psalm 67:7). How? God blesses us by being our God, reconciled to us by Jesus' death, and this blessing is for all nations.
The final judgment isn't ours to make, but Christ's. Trust His judgment, for He knows what it is to stand in the dock, to be judged, and to be condemned.…
Trusting in the Lord and in His gracious work toward us in Christ, we are "good and faithful" stewards. We live by faith in His free gift of forgiveness and…
Though like the ten virgins we grow weary with waiting and watching, our Lord will come again. His promise is true. Now is the day of salvation, the time for…
The Holy Spirit, through faith in Christ, propels us forward to our eternal home, fortifying us in Word and Sacrament. In the midst of our constant struggle as believers, we…
"If you abide in My word, . . . you will know the truth." Fake news! What is truth? "And the truth will set you free." Fact check. We've never…
"Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are Gods." Having spoken these words, Jesus does exactly that. He renders to Caesar the honor,…
Jesus died and rose again and so swallowed up death forever! Now we live not with death hanging over us but with eternal life always ahead of us.
