A Cross in the Road: How Jesus Chooses You

Decisionalism expects you to raise yourself through a choice, but Scripture says only Christ raises the dead.

Amy Mantravadi

06/17/25

A Review of "Because Jesus Taught It" by Flame

Because Jesus Taught It. By Flame. Concordia Publishing House. Paperback. 205 pages. List price: $17.99.

What Makes a Saint: A Saint is Justified

Scott Keith

06/16/25

What Makes a Saint: A Saint is Justified

This is the first installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”

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Bruce Hillman

08/08/16

Dancing With The Spirit

Years ago I picked up a used copy of Thomas Á Kempis’ Imitation of Christ at a second-hand bookstore.

Bruce Hillman

07/06/16

No Salvation Without Works

One of the interesting things about Paul’s writings that is not noticed enough is that Paul doesn’t really have an “application” section.

Bruce Hillman

06/13/16

God’s Fixed Courtroom

A crisis of faith always occurs when we begin to believe that God has betrayed us.

Bruce Hillman

06/06/16

Stephen Fry, the English actor, author and game show host once disparaged the “grammar Nazis” who felt it necessary to enforce all the rules of language but who had forgotten, or just didn’t care, about the joy of language.

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A Cross in the Road: How Jesus Chooses You