Pastor’s Blog

Are Lutherans heretics?

Is the Pope Catholic?

According to some critics, the answer is…no.

Why I believe in guardian angels

Guardian angels.

Some pastors pooh-pooh the concept as so much sentimental hogwash, but I think that the Scriptures support such an idea (rightly understood).

How to become the tax collector

In Sunday’s sermon, I offered a (satirical) 3-step process for how to become a Pharisee based on Luke 18.9-14.

What I remembered on vacation

The detail is as profound as it is easily overlooked. Genesis 1 is one of the most familiar chapters in the whole Bible.

Picturing the Trinity

Who can wrap their head around the Trinity? 

No one who wants to keep theirs. 

Praying with the Church

Prayer is elbow knowledge.

It’s learned less by something you read from a book and more from “rubbing elbows” with others at prayer.

Of Easter & Opening Day

A new beginning. 

A fresh start. 

The old is passed—behold, new things have come! 

The Glorious Defeat

Many people hated the ending.

It felt so anti-climactic. After all of that hard work and perseverance.