Even Chuck Norris Needed a Savior
By Russ Lackey
03/23/26
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Even Chuck Norris Needed a Savior

The gospel isn’t for the strong but people who know they aren’t.
Post-Denominational Lutheranism
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
03/20/26

Post-Denominational Lutheranism

One great thing about our post-denominational age is that it has opened up opportunities to make common cause with other Lutherans who, despite their differences and eccentricities, can agree on some of the most important things.
Getting Over your Pride
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
03/19/26

Getting Over your Pride

Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.

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Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
08/16/17

Extra Nos (Outside Ourselves)

Christ is the answer to both the Who and the how of our extra nos salvation.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
08/15/17

Go And Be Dead

We sinners share a common problem when it comes to Jesus’ parables. We read them with an eye to our own righteousness.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/15/17

One Victim, One Trauma, One Violent Death

The Christian Church is one of the last refuges in modern American society where people who have perpetrated or suffered trauma and violence can gather together to receive the truth about themselves.
RJ Grunewald
RJ Grunewald
08/10/17

Quieting The Voices

The accusations of the voices we hear on a daily basis are deafening. There is no shortage of voices that will remind us of our failures.
Bonnie Petroschuk
Bonnie Petroschuk
08/08/17

Oblivious

I walk in the local mall for exercise several times a week. I purposely avoid weekends and hours when the mall is likely to be crowded because, while I am not a racewalker, I do like to keep up a steady pace as opposed to stopping, starting and inching and this is difficult to achieve even when there are few people around.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
08/07/17

Congratulations, You Are Being Rescued… Please Do Not Resist

Just when we think we had it all under control, Christ breaks into the midst of our futile efforts to save ourselves.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
08/04/17

The Key to Discipleship

The idea is that Jesus has called His church to make disciples, and since the church doesn’t look much like the One they are following, the people need to be changed.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
08/02/17

Luther's Heidelberg Disputation

Ultimately, however, we find in the Heidelberg Disputation the root and core of Luther’s theology, which he would build and expound upon throughout his life.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/29/17

Miscarriages: An Empty Cradle and a Full Hope

For every child in a mother’s womb, the whole host of heaven and earth, indeed God himself, intercedes.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
07/27/17

My Old Man—Fathers, Sons and 'Simul' in Hemingway

“My Old Man” is the story of a single father, a grossly flawed character, told through the eyes of his son who can’t help but love him.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
07/25/17

The Fog of Fear: Panic Attacks, Anxiety and Being Overwhelmed

You can see it far off, looming on the horizon, a thick fog menacing off the coast and swirling in the distance. You know the signs.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
07/25/17

You Are Already Dead! So Live!

In Christ we are already dead to sin and the eternal consequences of sin. “There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus,” writes Paul (Romans 8:1).
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