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Who needs the good things you do? God doesn’t – A Higher Things® Video Short

We often think that if we do enough good works, they’ll balance out our sins and we’ll get to go to heaven. Or that we owe good works to God for all that He’s done for us. But good works don’t earn our way into heaven, and God doesn’t need them from us. You know who does need our good works and our keeping of the Commandments? Our neighbors.

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Out of Context Tuesday: Good Samartian & the failure of our religion – A Higher Things® Video Short

Sure, Jesus! I’m all for helping my neighbor…but who’s my neighbor? Our faith is not about checking boxes of good works. If that’s how you’re going about living your religion, justifying yourself by the ways you’ve helped your neighbor, you’re doing it wrong. When unbelievers are more merciful than you, it’s time to repent.

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Sign of the Cross is making a comeback – A Higher Things® Video Short

What are you DOING?? Making the sign of the cross — isn’t that Roman Catholic? Actually, no. It’s a motion Christians have made throughout history to remind us Whose name we have been given, were baptized into, and carry every day and everywhere we go.

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The Alphabet Soup of American Lutheranism again – A Higher Things® Video Short

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The Catechized Life

The Catechized Life: The Gift of Your Life

 

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Bible Study Thursday: Paul wants you to be like Him (Gal 4:12) – A Higher Things® Video Short

Being like St. Paul isn’t like being a new and improved, better person (though you really should still work on that…). Paul is saying that we should be like him — actually knowing and believing the Gospel, living by faith alone in Christ alone for salvation, free from the condemnation of the Law.

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The Largely Catechized Life

The Lord’s Supper is for your conscience

God didn’t institute the Sacrament of the Altar to give us more to fight about. He gives His body and blood for you as a gift to comfort troubled consciences.

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HT Video Catechism – Ep. 4: The Second Commandment


This week Pr. Buetow goes through the Second Commandment and its meaning as found in Luther’s Small Catechism. In the Second Commandment God gives us his name to call upon in every trouble.

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Out of Context Tuesday: God works it all out for good (the devil may not have done it)

No one actually believes Romans 8:28 — that God is working everything out for our good. If we truly did, we would keep the 10 Commandments. Suffering doesn’t mean that God is punishing you, God is working good through it for you. How do we know? Because of the suffering and death of Jesus.

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I’m worried I’m going to lose my job – A Higher Things® Video Short

Things can snowball quickly when you start worrying. And there’s plenty of stuff to worry about, if that’s what you want to do. But you have a God who loves you and takes care of you and only has good planned for you–all in the giving-up of His Son for you. He’s going to take care of you and do what’s best for you. He’s promised, and He keeps His promises. Look to Jesus for evidence of that!

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