Monthly Archives: January 2012

Just saw this great line in my Large Catechism Outlines: Faith does not make Baptism, faith accepts what Baptism is. What great news!  You just can’t say it any better than that.

From the Gospel reading, the Wedding at Cana.  God blesses marriage, despite our constant attempts to screw it up.  (And golly-bob-howdy do we have lots of ways to do that.) Read more after the jump.

College-mate and fellow Pastor Tom Lange has a great post about sticking to the Word of God.  Maybe it’s harmless, in some cases, to go beyond what the Bible says as long as the interpretation agrees with the Bible’s themes.  … Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal has a nice article on one of the Presidential Candidates (OK, so it’s Rick Santorum.)  Now, I’m not pro-Rick Santorum, or anti-Rick Santorum, but one paragraph of this article leaped out at me. Most disappointing is … Continue reading →

Jesus Baptism is our Baptism.  That’s really the point of my sermon.  Hope I didn’t spoil it for you. After the jump.

No translation from one language into another is perfect.  There are subtle nuances of meaning that must, of necessity, be sacrificed when moving form language to another.  Of course, new subtleties can then be introduced, but these are the translator’s, … Continue reading →

It’s always a little “delicate” preaching on circumcision.  Specifically, on the Circumcision of Jesus, which comes up on a Sunday about once every Seven years or so.   On the one hand, you don’t want to ignore this very important … Continue reading →