By Donavon Riley

01/21/26

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Why Christian Tradition? Why Confession

Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

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Mark Mattes

01/20/26

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.

Bradley Gray

01/19/26

Behold the Lamb

The Passover wasn’t just Israel’s story; it’s ours.

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Donavon Riley

04/30/19

When God Gets a Grip On Us

When we get wrapped up in tying God down, when we worship and work in a way that seems good to each of us, it’s impossible to recognize God as loving Father and helpful Savior.

Brandon Hanson

04/25/19

I Believe In Yesterday

For many, “Yesterday" by The Beatles is a poignant and powerful song. It is one of, if not the most, covered songs by the Beatles.

Chad Bird

04/25/19

We Are More Than the Skeletons in Our Closet

Infamy allows us the opportunity to hone one of our favorite skills: to shrink a 343-page life story down to a single paragraph that narrates what happened on one day, at a certain hour, and in a certain location. We can whittle an entire biography down to a single Tweet.

Bror Erickson

04/18/19

Jon Snow And Romans Seven

Season eight of the Game of Thrones has begun. It's the long-awaited finale, the end of the story we have all long been eagerly waiting for even as we fear the impending winter.

Mariah Coward

04/17/19

Easter Revival Burnout

Around Easter my mind often drifts back to all of the annual ‘Revival Services’ I attended when I was growing up. Every year they began the revival with the Easter service.

Chad Bird

04/15/19

The Gospel According to Noah

When Lamech named his newborn son Noah—which means “rest”—he said, “This one shall give us comfort from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the Lord has cursed”

Dan van Voorhis

04/03/19

Who Told You? On Being Afraid in Sunday School

The initial sin, therefore, was not the eating of the forbidden fruit but rather listening to a cynic question and intentionally misinterpret God’s goodness

Matt Johnson

04/02/19

God Shows Up When The Chips Are Down

If everyone would just live by the rules, the world would be a better place, wouldn’t it?

Donavon Riley

03/22/19

When The Old Adam Goes Church Shopping

If I’m going to join your church, there’s some things I’ll need to know first. I need to know whether you practice a Christianity that’s primarily a to-do list.

Donavon Riley

03/15/19

Christ Who Becomes Our Sin

I am the Resurrection,’ says Jesus, not an abstract miracle or idea

Brandon Hanson

03/14/19

Stop Conflating Caesar With Jesus

With these words, Jesus at the same time acknowledges that earthly government is both divinely sanctioned and, at the same time, not to be conflated with the kingdom of God.

Kyle G. Jones

03/06/19

Examples of Grace

I was once asked why I thought young people were leaving the church in droves after they graduated high school.

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