As Jesus engages with Nicodemus, he challenges this teacher’s grasp of God’s program of redemption. He points him from the earthly to...

In the advent season, as we review the great promises of the coming Messiah, we confess God’s jealousy. In Isaiah 9, after Isaiah...

In John 2, John moves on from the call of the first disciples to Jesus’ first sign, or miracle, at the wedding feast at Cana. In v11,...

Our text this week moves on from the testimony of John the Baptist to the recruitment of some of the first followers of our Lord. For the...

In Matthew 5:18, Jesus states that not one “jot or tittle” (KJV) should pass away before all is fulfilled. It is clear from the context...

In John’s prologue, especially the end of it, we learn that in Christ there is an advancement in God’s relationship with his people. In...

This series of Advent readings was prepared by Rev. Donny Friederichsen and originally appeared as reflections in 2018. They are being...

This series of Advent readings was prepared by Rev. Donny Friederichsen and originally appeared as reflections in 2018. They are being...

This series of Advent readings was prepared by Rev. Donny Friederichsen and originally appeared as reflections in 2018. They are being...

This series of Advent readings was prepared by Rev. Donny Friederichsen and originally appeared as reflections in 2018. They are being...

Because this is the final sermon of the 1 and 2 Thessalonians series, I thought it would be good to look ahead at what’s coming. The next...

Anyone who has been raised, unbeknownst to them, steeped in the culture of the protestant work ethic has heard a paraphrase of the...