1. Jesus Published and Blazed Forth

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    12/22/20
    10 mins
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    By David Rufner
    I hope this Christmastime affords ample opportunities for you to publish the Good News of Jesus Christ.
    Jesus Published and Blazed Forth

  2. An American Myth Meets the Gospel of Jesus

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    02/05/20
    10 mins
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    By David Rufner
    This is our frontier religion: God is waiting to shower blessings upon us if only we will unlock those blessings with the right kind of works, and a sufficient quantity of the same.
    An American Myth Meets the Gospel of Jesus

  3. The American Story in Light of the Gospel

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    05/14/19
    16 mins
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    By David Rufner
    In these two stories - one ending and the other beginning just a day apart - we find many ingredients that are uniquely American. We find grit, determination, and conquest.
    The American Story in Light of the Gospel

  4. The Psalms on His Lips

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    04/25/19
    12 mins
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    By David Rufner
    Suddenly Psalm 1 is opened to you and to me and to all people as Jesus walks with us, stands with us, sits with us, and gives us His words and gifts of life!
    The Psalms on His Lips

  5. Jesus and Pint-Sized Preachers

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    01/30/19
    12 mins
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    By David Rufner
    Jesus is the heart of the Gospel, and the Gospel is Good News. But it is always Good News that comes to us best on the lips of another.
    Jesus and Pint-Sized Preachers

  6. Betrayal and the Plunge

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    11/08/18
    15 mins
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    By David Rufner
    We take what we perceive to be freedom and turn it into a new credo, a new law, an idol to be lifted up and lived out.
    Betrayal and the Plunge

  7. The Gift of Belonging

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    10/17/18
    11 mins
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    By David Rufner
    It is only when individuals are bound together in community that they become fully human.
    The Gift of Belonging

  8. Mind the Gap Between Dreams and Reality

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    06/25/18
    11 mins
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    By David Rufner
    Led by God’s Word we can grasp why this gap exists, grows, and threatens us. Simply put, we don’t take sin seriously. We don’t take the effects of our sinful rebellion on all of creation seriously.
    Mind the Gap Between Dreams and Reality

  9. Community in the Worn and Used

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    06/18/18
    9 mins
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    By David Rufner
    And your life, weary and broken as it is, is hidden by God in Christ—tucked away in God’s enduring and eternally given Word, in Jesus.
    Community in the Worn and Used

  10. The Gift of Ashes

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    02/14/18
    11 mins
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    By David Rufner
    Gone, abolished, put away with, undone, and destroyed are any and all notions that my repentance unlocks, sets free, or earns God’s forgiveness.
    The Gift of Ashes

  11. Life Wrapped in Death, Wrapped in Life.

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    01/17/18
    10 mins
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    By David Rufner
    In Adam and in us, life has been wrapped in death. But in Jesus, God has wrapped death in life.
    Life Wrapped in Death, Wrapped in Life.

  12. Joyful Birds, Joyful People

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    12/29/17
    10 mins
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    By David Rufner
    Even now we sing as we live in His gifts, and await His second Advent—His second-coming.
    Joyful Birds, Joyful People
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