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WE WANT A KING

…we are determined to have a king over us, so that we also may be like other nations… [1 Samuel 8:19-20] No, this is not a post about LeBron James. Tempted as I am to revert to my sports reporting days and offer a commentary on the Cleveland Cavaliers as they begin their firstContinueContinue reading “WE WANT A KING”

REFRAMING OUR THINKING

“Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” [Acts 10:47] Several years ago, church historian Justo González wrote a commentary on the book of Acts entitled Acts, the Gospel of the Spirit. It was written from an obvious Latino perspective, emphasizing the social, spiritual,ContinueContinue reading “REFRAMING OUR THINKING”

A POSTSCRIPT ON BETHLEHEM

I declare this congregation, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, to be closed, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.[Service of Leave Taking; Evangelical Lutheran Worship-Occasional Services for the Assembly] I recited the above words for the first time in public on Sunday, December 28, 2014, at the end ofContinueContinue reading “A POSTSCRIPT ON BETHLEHEM”