By John Bombaro

07/18/25

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What Christ Gave Up for Us

The way of the cross is the actual way of victory. Jesus absorbs the worst of what humanity and even the devil can do to him, and he spurns the shame of it all.

The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements

Scott Keith

07/16/25

The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements

The IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.

Bradley Gray

07/15/25

Faith That Waits

Chapter 3 of Habakkuk, which is often referred to as “the Psalm of Habakkuk,” is a song of catharsis, relief, faith, and profound emotion.

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Bror Erickson

01/30/20

John the Baptist on the Necessity of Baptism

We can rejoice in our own need and the gift we receive through baptism given by the same one by whom John desired to be baptized.

Luke Kjolhaug

01/30/20

Absolution and a Crying Baby

In our search for absolution, human beings leave no stone unturned. We’re desperate to have our uneasy consciences soothed.

Gretchen Ronnevik

01/29/20

Your Bible Reading Plan Won't Save You

If I’m honest, I want that completed Bible reading plan more than I want grace.

Donavon Riley

01/28/20

Baptism Gives Us Everything

We live in the strength of our baptism again and again and again, returning to it every day according to God's promise.

Ryan Couch

01/28/20

You Aren’t Jesus and You Don’t Need to Be

The gospel is the good news that in Christ we have been given the very righteousness of Christ himself. This means that everything God commands of us is given to us in Christ as a gift.

Chad Bird

01/28/20

Locking Preachers in the Pulpit

The Spirit did not plant preachers in the pulpit to be pontificating moralists or political hacks or spiritualizing psychologists or motivational speakers.

Robert Kolb

01/27/20

I’m Mortified and, If Not, I Must Get to It

God has placed preachers of His Word in the frontlines of His combat against Satan and all his minions that is fought out on the battlefields of the individual lives of believers.

Peter Nafzger

01/27/20

Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (Epiphany 4: Series A)

Our first mistake in thinking about the blessed life is we expect to experience it fully in this life.

John Bombaro

01/27/20

Epistle: Hebrews 2:14-18 (The Purification of Mary but also the Presentation of Our Lord)

This passage, above all others, speaks most fully about Jesus as the elder brother, the firstborn, of a large family; the family of God the Father, Creator of humankind.

Jeffrey Pulse

01/27/20

Old Testament: Micah 6:1-8 (Epiphany 4: Series A)

A close examination of the entire life and ministry of Jesus reflects the Exodus event, and Jesus is the New Moses/the prophet like Moses.

Bob Hiller

01/24/20

Good Gifts

The following is an excerpt from "Finding Christ in the Straw" written by Robert M. Hiller (1517 Publishing, 2020).

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.

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