Christmas is not only about a cradle in Bethlehem, it’s also about a cross outside Jerusalem where salvation was won for us.
12/31/25
A quick recap of some of our best content from 2025. Every year, we publish over 250 articles, release podcast episodes from 20+ unique podcasts, host two conferences (and participate in numerous speaking engagements), and more. This list just scratches the surface of our best of - thank you to everyone who makes this work and much more possible.
12/30/25
The story of your life stretches beyond the dash on the tombstone.
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- Andrew Foss
- Anthony DiLiberto
- Blake Flattley
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01/01/26
Christmas is not only about a cradle in Bethlehem, it’s also about a cross outside Jerusalem where salvation was won for us.
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12/18/25
What God perceives is not what our eyes see; he is focused on righteousness because his love creates what is righteous.
12/15/25
Christ did not merely urge humanity to be kind. He embodied perfect kindness by giving his life for those who neither earned nor expected such a gift.
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12/11/25
This ancient “tale of two mothers” concerns far more than theological semantics—it is the difference between a God who sends and a God who comes.
12/09/25
Was Jesus ambitious or unambitious? We have to say that the answer is…yes.
11/25/25
“The well that washes what it shows” captures the essence of Linebaugh’s project, which aims to give the paradigmatic law-gospel hermeneutic a colloquial and visual language.
11/11/25
When we fail, our first impulse is the same as that of our spiritual ancestors: to sprint headlong into the bushes.
11/05/25
The testimony of the Word assures us that God isn’t waiting for us at the top of the stairs, with arms folded and brows furrowed.
10/16/25
This is the fifth installment in our article series, “An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will,” written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will.
10/09/25
Just like Peter, you don’t need to do anything to earn God’s forgiveness for your soul wounds.
10/08/25
When a congregation is abused by its pastor, it loses more than a shepherd. It loses its threshold place; that fragile seam between earth and heaven.
09/24/25
Election is not a riddle to solve. It’s a pillow to rest your head on at night.
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