1. Observations from an Ordination Anniversary

    book
    08/03/23
    15 mins
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    By Ryan Cosgrove
    I’ve experienced firsthand the promise that God never leaves a congregation empty-handed.
    Observations from an Ordination Anniversary

  2. A Proper Christmas

    book
    12/26/22
    10 mins
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    By Ryan Cosgrove
    It makes perfect sense that the day honoring Jesus' birth would be observed in a decidedly less than refined manner.
    A Proper Christmas

  3. God's Transitive Grace

    book
    04/13/22
    19 mins
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    By Ryan Cosgrove
    Christ has come to make every last aspect of your life the object of his eternal, never-ending, always transitive grace.
    God's Transitive Grace

  4. Death and Rebirth in James McBride's Deacon King Kong

    book
    01/12/22
    12 mins
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    By Ryan Cosgrove
    At its heart, this is what Deacon King Kong is all about: the paradox of Jesus carving his victory out of the last thing we expect, not our triumphs but our defeats.
    Death and Rebirth in James McBride's Deacon King Kong

  5. Losing Your Life: What Aretha Franklin's Depiction in Respect Reveals about the Gospel

    book
    11/18/21
    10 mins
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    By Ryan Cosgrove
    It is in your lows where Christ has hidden his highest high, eternal life itself.
    Losing Your Life: What Aretha Franklin's Depiction in Respect Reveals about the Gospel

  6. Geting Out of the Way of God's Promises

    book
    10/26/21
    14 mins
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    By Ryan Cosgrove
    One could reason that God might, at least, give the church a little worldly power.
    Geting Out of the Way of God's Promises

  7. The Gospel in the Way, Way Back

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    09/04/20
    14 mins
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    By Ryan Cosgrove
    The gospel fires up within us the gratitude, joy, and love to pull off what the law never could get us to do.
    The Gospel in the Way, Way Back

  8. God's Upside Down Glory

    book
    06/18/20
    11 mins
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    By Ryan Cosgrove
    When it comes to God’s word, our help only obscures his power and grace.
    God's Upside Down Glory
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