What does it mean to have all things new?  Dr. Craig Koester, New Testament professor at Luther Seminary points out in his consideration of this text […]

The critical verses in this text may be verses 14 and 19:  “14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one […]

“He who sings, prays twice,” said the great church reformer Martin Luther. I’ve always thought that was kind of unfair to the people who, like […]

When I was young (many, many years ago) I almost daily passed an old sheepherder’s wagon (circa early 1900’s prairie life) parked on an empty […]

Sometime last week I strayed across the movie, Resting Place on one of those all-movie channels that sometimes puts up a real treasure – this […]

Justification by faith is not just a theme in Sunday’s  reading from the book of Galatians, it is the main point.  Paul writes, “we know […]