Author: Lazarus
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5 Calls for Church Reform
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What I write is not equally true for all churches or readers across the internet. I write in love primarily to the churches of the LCMS as a whole, my closest brothers, though the Words of God that I point to are […]
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God’s Kingdom is Not About You
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Thought of the day: God’s kingdom is not about you. Are we sons of God, or are we servants/slaves of God? Yes. We are both. I think that as Christians today we especially like to identify with the former. We of course […]
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Whom Do You Follow?
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Thought of the day: Jesus said, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not […]
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Confession is Not Repentance
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Thought of the day: Confession is not a substitute for repentance. And repentance is not a substitute for confession. They should go together, but they are not the same thing. What is repentance? As a vicar in Bible study recently put it […]
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The Gospel is Not Merely Forgiveness
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Thought of the day: The Gospel is NOT that you are forgiven. Read that again: The Gospel, the Good News, is not that you are forgiven or justified. (Hear me out before you get your tar and feathers.) The forgiveness that we […]
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Discerning Fiction
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Thought of the day: Is it okay for me as a Christian to consume any kind of fiction? Should I read Harry Potter? Should I play Dungeons and Dragons or Magic the Gathering? Should I watch Star Wars? Paul says, “All things […]
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What We Look Forward To
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Thought of the day: Why has God given us some details and not others? We often like to think about what daily life might be like for us after judgment day and we are raised from the dead for life with God […]
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Mindset of Holy to the Lord
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Thought of the day: How does one keep the mind of Christ throughout the mundane daily life? “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you…. And as you wish […]
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Walking on the Water in Hope
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Thought of the day: The event of Peter walking on the water to Jesus is not just an image of how we should not be afraid here in times of trouble. It is that, but it is also an image for how […]
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Praying for our Inheritance
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Thought of the day: Is it okay to wish that God would call home an aged loved one who is in great suffering in this flesh? On the one hand, we should not wish for the death of anyone. Death is evil. […]