1. God’s Gift of Justification

    book
    04/18/24
    17 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
    God’s Gift of Justification

  2. The Sound of Freedom

    book
    02/28/24
    22 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
    The Sound of Freedom

  3. Homily for the New Year

    book
    01/01/24
    12 mins
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    When you see the year ending, thank the Lord, because he had led you into this cycle of years.
    Homily for the New Year

  4. C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season

    book
    12/07/23
    7 mins
    read
    By Gage Jordan
    C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
    C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season

  5. Lost in Christ

    book
    09/08/23
    10 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Faith sees your neighbor not as a means to an end, not as a way to score points, but as an object of love: Christ's love and yours.
    Lost in Christ

  6. The Inner Ring

    book
    08/30/23
    14 mins
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    By Kevin Hale
    The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.
    The Inner Ring

  7. What Does Jesus Tell Us to Do?

    book
    08/23/23
    11 mins
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    By Zack James Cole
    What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
    What Does Jesus Tell Us to Do?

  8. Idolatry in Living Color

    book
    07/21/23
    12 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    We may not all be mass-murdering Nazis. But we all have the same root sin that causes the most egregious criminal activity on the face of the earth. We all have the desire to be our own God.
    Idolatry in Living Color

  9. The Holy Spirit's Succulent Fruit

    book
    07/03/23
    12 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    The Holy Spirit unleashes his power through us, his vines, and we then get to watch as his fruits blossom and ripen.
    The Holy Spirit's Succulent Fruit

  10. Opening the Dead Hands of Faith

    book
    06/20/23
    12 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
    Opening the Dead Hands of Faith

  11. The Parable of the Sower

    book
    03/14/23
    9 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
    The Parable of the Sower

  12. And I Will Give You Rest

    book
    03/07/23
    25 mins
    read
    By Bradley Gray
    The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
    And I Will Give You Rest
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