Sermons by Bruce Wersen (Page 14)

Everyone has become corrupt, like when your computer crashes. It hasn’t lost its value; it just can’t do you any good. Because its operating system has become corrupted.

Like a potter’s clay, we need to put ourselves in His hands every morning, to be kneaded and molded and slowly made holy.

Living, growing, fruit-producing faith requires what I’m calling “faithworks”. Like fireworks. Because without faithworks there’s nothing to see.

It’s our father Abraham’s faith that first reveals that our righteousness is not our own, it’s the Lord’s. And now our sins are not on us, they’re on the cross.

The law doesn’t reward its followers, it only punishes its violators. That’s what Paul calls the curse of the law.

It doesn’t matter if it’s circumcision, catechism, confirmation, or communion: At best, the ritual can only reflect the reality.

Don’t settle for superficial renewal and pseudo transformation. Keep going and growing until you’re so alert, loving, and sober-minded that people can smell it on you!

Transformation takes determination, and progress takes patience. Because gains in glory come one degree at a time.

How do we remain faithful in those inevitable, uncomfortable situations that can daily challenge our faith?