The Shepherd Who Sees Our Stains
By Aaron Boerst
09/19/25
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The Shepherd Who Sees Our Stains

God leads us to green pastures. He comforts us with his grace in our darkest valleys.
Spiritual But Not Useless
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
09/18/25

Spiritual But Not Useless

Christian spirituality is not a flight from the world, but a deep dive into its brokenness.
When Silence Speaks: A Christian Call to Restraint in the Age of Opinions
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
09/17/25

When Silence Speaks: A Christian Call to Restraint in the Age of Opinions

At the end of the day, what do you want to be known for? Your opinions, or your Savior?

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Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
01/20/23

The Gospel for Morons

Morons though we all have been, there is nothing we need that Christ hasn’t given us.
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
12/23/22

Christmas in Psalm 89: The King has Arrived

The king has arrived and has already begun his reign forever and ever.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
12/23/22

God the Father’s Christmas Letters

God the Father sent us – his wayward, sinful, and naughty children – his own series of Father Christmas Letters.
John Bortulin
John Bortulin
12/13/22

Advent Rest

O weary ones, O long-time waiting and watching ones, O ones who are late to the game, he is your rest this busy season, and always.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
12/09/22

We Know All the Signs

By his first Advent in the flesh, through his second Advent with bread and wine and water and Word, we await his third Advent at the end.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/08/22

Isaiah Prepares the Way for Jesus

We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller
12/06/22

Advent: The Season of Expectant Waiting

The waiting of Advent isn’t just for Christmas; it’s for God’s reversal of all sin and evil and his renewal of all things.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
11/25/22

As We Wait for Them

While the world is full of horizons and endpoints, for Christians, there is always tomorrow, and there are people in that tomorrow waiting for us as we wait for them.
Laura Bauer
Laura Bauer
11/23/22

I wanted you to be here too

We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
11/21/22

Refreshment for the Depressed Soul

Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
11/12/22

Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

That is the task of preaching in these last weeks of the Church Year, to enable the people given to our care, to praise God from the perspective of the end when our Lord will return in glory bringing us into His Kingdom of glory.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
11/12/22

Epistles: Colossians 1:13-20 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

The epistle text from Colossians 1 declares how the great drama of redemption and human history ends.
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