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Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
04/22/25

What does Pope Francis’ Death Mean to Protestants?

While I disagree with many things Francis did and believed, I think he deserves credit for this: Francis showed us what Christian leadership can look like.
Steve Kruschel
Steve Kruschel
04/07/25

Through the Tombs of Kings: Zedekiah - Buried in Babylon

Due to his self-reliance, King Zedekiah ended his days as a lowly prisoner in Babylon.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
06/24/24

Unshakable Hope

If your faith is rooted in the gospel of Zion, in the good news of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection on your behalf, you are already a member of the “heavenly Jerusalem”
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
10/09/21

Epistle: Hebrews 4:1-13 (14-16) (Pentecost 21: Series B )

No work need be done to enter this Sabbath rest, for Christ has done all that is necessary.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
05/01/21

Gospel: John 15:9-17 (Easter 6: Series B)

Jesus will suffer, die, and rise again for them. By this love, they are forgiven. By this love, they are made His friends: Friends of God.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
03/28/21

Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Life of Repentance

Each day gives us occasion to die to our sinful identities of all kinds and to live out a life in Christ’s footsteps as children of God.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
01/17/21

Gospel: Mark 1:14-20 (Epiphany 3: Series B)

But Jesus comes to us today and reminds us that He has the power to make disciples in the midst of conflict and suffering.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
10/07/20

Satisfied with Faith

This is an excerpt from “The Freedom of the Christian” written by Martin Luther and translated and edited by Adam Francisco (1517 Publishing, 2020).
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
01/23/20

Jesus and Troubled Waters

Even when God doesn’t take away the troubled waters of our life, he is the Bridge we can lean on no matter what storms may come our way.
Bonnie Petroschuk
Bonnie Petroschuk
02/12/18

Shut Out

For many years, I read this as a “salvation” verse. Jesus is knocking on the door of the hearts of the unsaved, asking to come in.
Paul Dunk
Paul Dunk
12/17/15

Minimizing Our Healing

700 years before the first Noel, the prophet Isaiah prophesied that Christ would bear our grief and deliver us in grace. Scholars often refer to Isaiah 52:13-53:12 as the "fifth gospel" because it describes both that Christ was crucified and why Christ was crucified with incredible detail.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/15/14

A Life Worth Living: A Tribute to My Father

From you, Dad, I learned that a man is truly a man when, as Ecclesiastes says, whatever his hand finds to do, he does it with all his might (9:10).
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