The center of the Christian life is union with Christ. This means that the center of the Christian faith is the Incarnation. Mankind was created in Adam to be the center of all the created order—everything in this world is meaningless without the part to be played by man. There is no point without us. …
Mosquitos in the Swamp of Self
The overflow of your salvation is to be love – love for God and love for your neighbor. This love comes along with a host of all the graces – humility, patience, gentleness, kindness, and every other good and pleasant thing that ties brothers together. You have one obligation to God, and that is to …
Cooking or Eating?
We are seeking to return to a full and biblical view of the sacraments, and, as we do so, we have to guard against the temptations that attend this endeavor. One of the temptations is to set Word and sacraments against one another, as though they were somehow competitors. “What is more important,” the question …
Their Stage-Prop God
You are being summoned to worship the triune Majesty of God – Father, Son and Holy Ghost. As you come, it is most necessary that you keep yourselves from the corruptions of idols. In these troubled times, it is crucial for every Christian to recognize that the Holy Trinity is not the god mentioned on …
Justice and Matthew 18
One of the common problems that arises among Christians who are committed to resolving conflicts (as possible) the way the Bible says to do it is the problem of thinking that Matthew 18 is an all-purpose text toward that end. It is thought that whenever disagreement of a substantial nature arises it is necessary to …
Refuge From God In God
We come before the Lord as His people, and we commune with the Lord through the means that He has established. If this is disconcerting, we may reject these means, and flee from Him, as the open infidel does. But we may also be cowardly infidels, and think that we cannot risk open flight—after all, …
Eating and Drinking the Wisdom of Christ
When you come to worship the Lord, you do so in order to magnify His name, His Word, and His way. Spiritual confusion enters when we try to listen to more than one spiritual authority. We are Christians, and this means that God alone has ultimate authority over us, and that God alone has an …
Oops
When I was looking at the posts this morning, I think I accidentally deleted somebody’s post. I don’t have any way of retrieving it, and so it that was you, sorry about that. Feel free to repost it, and I won’t do it again.
A Memorial Before the Lord
There are two fundamental errors to avoid in coming to the Table of the Lord. We readily recognize the first, and so there is a temptation to think that this is the only possible error—so we will consider it in the second place. The error that characterizes modernity is the sin of arid rationalism. In …
Keep Yourselves From Idols
Your only redemption is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Your only Redeemer is the Son of God sent from heaven. He is the image of the only wise God, and He is the way to the Father. You are called to worship God the Father through Him, and you are called to do so in …