Freed Us and Loves Us
By Russ Lackey
04/20/26
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Freed Us and Loves Us

Christ’s saving work is finished, but his love is not locked away in the past.
The 1529 Protest of Speyer
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
04/17/26

The 1529 Protest of Speyer

"Every one must stand and give account before God for himself; and no one can excuse himself by the action or decision of another, whether less or more.”
A Review of
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
04/16/26

A Review of "God Meets Us In Our Suffering"

God Meets is the rare cancer book (and as above, I use that term advisedly) that addresses both the judgment God places on human creatures in the Garden (death) and the hard road anyone walks toward that end (100% of us).

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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/09/18

Why Confess Sin?

Why confess sin? Is it so we can get rewarded by God? A little extra grace or material good for our troubles, maybe.
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
07/09/18

On the Weekly Road to Emmaus

It can be argued that this scene sets a pattern for Christian activity on the first day of the week from that time until the present.
RJ Grunewald
RJ Grunewald
07/05/18

The Good News About the Bad News

The Law gets a bad rap. There is certainly a negative component to the Law. The work of the Law is very different than the work of the Gospel.
Daniel Deen
Daniel Deen
07/04/18

Mordor and Evangelism (Part 2)

Much like Jacob wrestling with God in the desert, we find our intellectual hips continuously put out of joint as we engage the culture around us.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/02/18

The Church of Polytheists

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” But the fool also says in his heart, “There are many gods.” And we, dear friends, are the fools.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
06/20/18

What To Tell People Who Already Know the Gospel

Jesus is in the business of proclaiming such a beautiful redundancy.
David Rufner
David Rufner
06/18/18

Community in the Worn and Used

And your life, weary and broken as it is, is hidden by God in Christ—tucked away in God’s enduring and eternally given Word, in Jesus.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
06/14/18

The Paradox of Pastoral Preaching

At times, evangelical Christianity can be a paradox. For as much as Protestants have spurned Roman Catholicism, they’re much more Catholic than they’d ever like to admit.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
06/11/18

Preach Christ, Not About Christ

There is a difference between preaching about Christ and preaching Christ.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/10/18

False Guilt and the "What-If" Game We Parents Play

We need a God who can heal us of true guilt and false guilt. We need a Christ who not only removes the shame we feel for what we’ve done, but who washes away the shame that others have smeared upon us.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/03/18

The Mute Optimist at the Open Grave

Hope doesn’t bury its head in the sand but stares, open-eyed, into the truth of this life’s worst horror, and says, “I know the God who went through something even worse, and came out on top.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
06/01/18

The Real Threat to Our Preaching

Many Christians are worried—perhaps legitimately—that the state is a short step away from turning the Law of God into hate speech and silencing the legal preaching of God’s Word.
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