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Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
07/22/25

An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: Ordinary Water

This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 74-77.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
09/11/24

How to Find Christ: A Guide for College Students

He will never leave you nor forsake you. Your faith is not fragile glass.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
02/27/24

Our Need for Lent

A truly Lenten mindset sees the season as preparatory for the resurrection life of Easter as opposed to the mortification of Good Friday.
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
02/06/24

For You and For All People: The Legacy of Rod Rosenbladt

In a world—and even a church—full of distractions, thank God for Rod Rosenbladt. He pointed us to Jesus and Jesus alone.
Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale
08/22/22

Like Priest, Like People

The legal record of debt for our sin was canceled because Jesus satisfied the legal demands for us by his life, death, and resurrection.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/20/21

Are Images of Jesus a Violation of the Commandments?

Different groups within Christianity disagree as to whether Jesus should be depicted in icons, crucifixes, paintings, or other visual media. In this article, Chad Bird approaches the question from the angle of both the commandments and the incarnation.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
12/27/20

Old Testament: 1 Kings 3:4-15 (Christmas 2 Series B)

The receiving and/or possessing of a gift, even one from God, is far different than putting it to use.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/07/20

The Gospel According to Paul’s Letter to Philemon

This is no isolated or obscure fragment of New Testament writing. Contained within Paul’s correspondence to Philemon is one of the most striking portraits of the gospel ever recorded.
Ryan Tinetti
Ryan Tinetti
01/13/20

Butchering the Sermon: The Canon of Arrangement

The goal of Arrangement is to make the proclamation of the Gospel clearer and more compelling for your hearers.
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.
Jeff Mallinson
Jeff Mallinson
07/29/15

The Holy Plumb Line

We believers are those who have been called out for a special healing mission in the world because we’ve caught a glimpse of the heavenly city.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/18/13

God: The Biggest Loser

He may be a good sport about it, smile for the camera, congratulate the better man, but secretly he hates the loss and covets another chance at victory.
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