Pr. Jim Nestingen I first got to know the name James Nestingen through what I still believe is the best confirmation text ever produced — the first edition of Free to…
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Does doctrine matter? That is a question that has been asked again and again in the Church. Sometimes, the question is asked because doctrine seems so dry and boring. It…
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Life Together? "The Model Constitution is how we have agreed to live together,” she said. “No,” I thought to myself, “the Augsburg Confession is how we have agreed to live…
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CAN WE REALLY BE AT PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER? Devotional for September 30, 2018 based upon Mark 9: 50 and Ephesians 4: 31-32 We read about and feel the tone…
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Friday, December 8, 2017 Devotion “That Your beloved may be delivered, save with Your right hand, and answer us! God has spoken in His holiness: “I will exult, I will…
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“Therefore encourage one another with these words.” (1 Thess. 4:18) St. Paul didn’t act as though he had more than he really had. He had words, and they were good…
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“Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?” (Genesis 50:19) Joseph’s brothers had cruelly rejected him and sold him into slavery. Now, in the days following their…
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“Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”” (Romans 12:19) In October 2011,…
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