Church Attendance Increases in New Study—But Can We Trust It?
By Bruce Hillman
05/09/25
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Church Attendance Increases in New Study—But Can We Trust It?

We needn’t fear statistics and studies as palm readings into a certain future. God is God, and his Spirit is alive through his Word.
Because He Lives, He Goes With Us
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/08/25

Because He Lives, He Goes With Us

Christ does not hide his wounds. He offers them.
A Kingdom Without Smoke: What the Conclave Can't Decide
Seth Moorman
Seth Moorman
05/07/25

A Kingdom Without Smoke: What the Conclave Can't Decide

The church does not await a verdict; she proclaims one.

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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/21/22

Demanding to Suffer Freedom

The only solution to free will is the announcement from a preacher that the Father forgives us for Christ's sake.
Justin Rossow
Justin Rossow
06/19/22

Epistle: Galatians 5:1, 13-25 (Pentecost 3: Series C)

The question is, how are you going to live out your life as someone who has taken up the Robe of Freedom?
Justin Rossow
Justin Rossow
06/05/22

Epistle: Acts 2:14a, 22–36 (Holy Trinity: Series C)

Our daily remembrance of baptism, our daily dying and rising, is a daily joining to Jesus and His death and resurrection for us.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
06/05/22

Preaching Trinity Sunday

The celebration of Trinity Sunday–the only church festival specifically dedicated to a doctrine–reminds us of the necessity of confessing that the one God exists in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Katie Koplin
Katie Koplin
05/31/22

Everything Your Kid Needs to Know

The list of things our kids need to know when they leave the house is much simpler than we might believe.
Justin Rossow
Justin Rossow
05/29/22

Epistle: Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost Sunday: Series C)

How might your preaching of the work of the Spirit expand your own view of the Spirit’s work, and help your hearers gain an appreciation for the Holy Spirit’s activity in their lives beyond a standalone celebration, one day a year?
Mariah Coward
Mariah Coward
05/25/22

True Connection through Christ

I trust that because of the gospel, God will continue to mend what I, in my sin, continue to break.
Steve Kruschel
Steve Kruschel
05/16/22

Pray...Even in the Dark

Darkness is not your only friend. Jesus loves you, and he will be with you.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
05/02/22

Judas at Mass

On May 2nd, Cantate Sunday, in the year 1507, Luther celebrated his first Mass.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
04/30/22

Virtue Signaling Justifies Nobody: Paul and Galatians 5:13-21

In the Church, the cry is, “He loves,” and it is that message which transforms our worldviews from taking to giving, from radical individualism to trans-demographic inclusivism, from selfishness to selflessness, from “tolerate my rights” to “loving rightly together.”
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
04/04/22

The End of Ethics

False holiness is always a possession and achievement of the individual in isolation from the good of others. And so it isn’t holiness at all.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
03/24/22

Sacred Spaces and Holy Places

Sometimes it’s important to go far away to learn of holy places back home.
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