Jesus laid down his life for us, and he thus made known to us love.  We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.  In that way, we pay the debt that we owe him.  We owe Jesus a huge debt.  For he loved us to the end, to the point of giving up his...

Jesus, the Word made flesh, makes known God’s thoughts and will.  He shows us what it means to think as God and to be true to God’s thinking.  Peter confesses, yes, that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God.  For the Father has granted him to think as God....

Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Yes, we know him so by grace, by the Father’ revelation. And we, who are flesh and blood, must announce him so with our lives.
By grace, by the Father’s good will, simple folks get to know things of God. The wise, in contrast, do not get to know these things.

There is no answer from Jesus to the Canaanite woman who cries out to him for help. Besides, he uses the word ‘dog,’ a word Jews use to refer to those who are not Jews. So, Jesus does not seem to tear down yet the wall that separates the Jews from the Canaanites.

Jesus does not fail to save those who cry out to him for help in nights of gloom and storm.  For he is the Son of God. For Jesus, to save folks means, in concrete, to free them from illnesses and hunger.  And for the Teacher, to save his disciples is not to let them...

From no more than five loaves and two fish, Jesus feeds more than five thousand.  All eat and have their fill, and there are leftovers still. A small mustard seed turns into a large bush; a bit of yeast leavens the whole batch.  In a similar way, five loaves and two...

As he dies for us sinners, Jesus makes known that God loves us very much.  That is, we are very dear in the eyes of God and of Jesus, of course.  To love is not about us loving God.  Rather, it is about God loving us and sending his Son to atone for our sins.  That...

Jesus, the image of the invisible God, makes known the mercy and might of the one who rules over all.  So, might can be merciful.  By experience, we know quite well that to have might in the world means to be a tyrant.  But we have before us another kind of might,...

Jesus is the Word of God. He carries out the task God gives him and bears fruit in those who hear and understand what he says. The disciples of Jesus are simple folks to whom the Father reveals what he hides from the wise. No wonder, then, that they are granted to...

Jesus is meek and lowly of heart. That is why simple folks readily go to him and they feel at ease with him. Jesus has done most of his miracles in Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum. Yet these cities do not welcome what he has taught and preached. And it is so since...