Posts from January 2026

By Jonathan Keller This commandment seems the most prudish of all the commandments to Americans. Sure, don’t kill people, don’t steal things, maybe I shouldn’t be jealous of others, and, sure, I should call my parents every now and then. But why can’t I have a little fun here and there? What’s so bad about listening to my desires? The Command Behind the Command: Chastity…

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our God is a gracious God. When the Lord calls us to trust him, he graciously gives us signs of his trustworthiness and his commitment to fulfilling his promises. These signs include, for example, the sacrament of baptism and the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, both of which point to the truth and trustworthiness of the gospel message. In Exodus…

Dear Brothers and Sisters, We continue in our series The Lord Is My Strength with the famous scene in Exodus 3:1-22 where Moses encounters God through the burning bush. Imagine the interruption in Moses’ life at this point. He wanders around, tending his sheep as he stays outside of Egypt, an outlaw in a sense after he murdered an Egyptian. This shepherd would be…

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Sometimes (actually, oftentimes) it is difficult to put the puzzle pieces of life together. Life rises and dips like the waves of the ocean. We might experience smooth sailing for a number of months, only then to be slammed with a storm we didn’t see coming–whether that storm is emotional, physical, relational, financial, or spiritual. Can we…