DEVOTION // Repent, offspring of vipers
Preparation for Christmas requires repentance of our sins. Repentance requires recognizing we have sin in our lives. Only then will the good news of Christmas become great news.
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DEVOTION // A Baptist Christmas Card
Perhaps we need Christmas cards with portraits of John the Baptist so we don't forget how to prepare to celebrate Jesus' coming to earth. John's message: Repent!
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DEVOTION // Nata et renata
Two Latin words from a 1732 birth record remind us of the awesome blessing God gives us in our baptism.
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DEVOTION// In all things, God works...
In spite of Chinese threats to restrict the good news of God's grace in Jesus, we press on. Jesus guarantees that his Father is always working to bring about good for his people.
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DEVOTION// Right Where He Wants Me
“If you’re in a place where your actions can’t change your situation, you’re probably right where God wants you.”
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DEVOTION// Be a theologian
Luther says, It is not by reading, writing, or speculation that one becomes a theologian. Nay, rather, it is living, dying, and being damned that makes one a theologian. Can that be true?
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DEVOTION// The test is positive
Not even the worst news can diminish the good news of God's grace.
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DEVOTION// Eat What is Good
Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost (Isaiah 51:1).
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DEVOTION// Precious Here, But Not There
Our sins were paid for with a commodity that is more valuable than anything in this world -- or the next.
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DEVOTION// Don't throw that dart
We overcome our desire for revenge when we keep our focus on God's grace for us in Jesus!
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