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A Name for Ourselves

Aug 26, 2026

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3 min read

A Name for Ourselves

Humanity gathers on a plain to build a tower to heaven and make a name for itself — and God comes down, scatters the proud, and later makes a great name of His own choosing

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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The War-Bow in the Clouds

Aug 19, 2026

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3 min read

The War-Bow in the Clouds

After the flood, God hangs His bow in the sky — and a warrior's bow, hung up, is a weapon laid down: the sign of a one-sided covenant of peace

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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The LORD Shut Him In

Aug 12, 2026

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3 min read

The LORD Shut Him In

The same waters that drowned a violent world carried one family safely through — judgment and rescue in a single act, which Peter says corresponds to baptism

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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The Refrain That Broke

Aug 5, 2026

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3 min read

The Refrain That Broke

A genealogy tolls "and he died" eight times like a slow bell — and then, at the seventh name, the refrain breaks: Enoch walked with God, and was not, for God took him

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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A Better Blood

Jul 29, 2026

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3 min read

A Better Blood

The first death in the Bible is a murder, and the victim's blood cries out from the ground for justice — until a better blood is shed that speaks a better word

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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The First Gospel

Jul 22, 2026

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4 min read

The First Gospel

The saddest chapter in the Bible is also the chapter where the gospel is first preached — to a serpent, in the hearing of two hiding sinners: the seed of the woman who will crush his head

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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The Bride from His Side

Jul 15, 2026

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3 min read

The Bride from His Side

A bride drawn from the opened side of a sleeping Adam — the oldest picture in the world of Christ and His Church

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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The Word Was a Person

Jul 8, 2026

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3 min read

The Word Was a Person

God created by speaking — not by struggle or violence like the pagan gods — and the Word He spoke turns out to be a Person: the One through whom all things were made

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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Christ at Verse One

Jul 1, 2026

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3 min read

Christ at Verse One

What kind of book is Genesis? The seedbed of the whole Bible — and, if you read with risen eyes, Christ is in it from the very first verse

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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We Had Hoped

Jun 24, 2026

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3 min read

We Had Hoped

Two disciples on the Emmaus road had every fact — even the empty tomb — and still could not see Christ, until the risen Lord opened the Scriptures and broke the bread

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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Reading the Old Testament with Lutheran Eyes

Jun 17, 2026

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3 min read

Reading the Old Testament with Lutheran Eyes

A new series begins — The Things Concerning Himself — reading the Old Testament the way Luther read it: as a book that is, from its very first verse, about Christ

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ordinary Means

Confessional Lutheran teaching for lay teachers and weary evangelicals.

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