Your Unlost Salvation
By John W. Hoyum
07/28/25
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Your Unlost Salvation

Christ is your Good Shepherd, and he has given to you eternal life; no one can snatch you from his hand; your salvation is secure and unlost.
Grace for Unbearable Days
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/25/25

Grace for Unbearable Days

Instead of offering more details or more information, he does something even better: he promises his very presence.
Artificial Intelligence and the Soul of the Church
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/24/25

Artificial Intelligence and the Soul of the Church

The danger is not destruction. It is reduction.

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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
05/02/18

Ill-Conceived: Pinpointing When Our Lives Went Wrong

The little psychologist within us is often hard at work to pinpoint the origin of life’s problems.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
04/26/18

Getting Out from Under the Law

God’s Law is a death sentence for us sinners. There is no winning beneath the Law of God.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
04/25/18

God’s Last Word

The Gospel predominates when hearers receive the saving gifts of Christ as God’s final word to them.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
04/25/18

No Other God Than The Crucified God

In Martin Luther's Small Catechism he borrows a line from St. Augustine about what defines a "god."
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
04/16/18

How Luther Taught Me to Read the Bible

I’ve always been more at home in the Old Testament than in the New Testament.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
04/12/18

Just Like Rome...

What did Christians do, both when they encountered a Rome in its glory, as when Christ was born, and in it decline, as when Constantine tried to pull stuff back together?
Bonnie Petroschuk
Bonnie Petroschuk
04/09/18

Not Under Law… Say What Now?

There is just something about the idea of not being ‘under Law’ that sets off all kinds of alarms in the minds of many Christians.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
04/05/18

He is Risen: You Can Stop Pretending Death Is OK

Because of Jesus, we don’t have to pretty up anything ugly thing in life.
Scott Davis
Scott Davis
03/31/18

Chocolate Bunnies, Bouncy Houses, Bread And Wine

Well, it is springtime! Just as you can always expect flowers to begin blooming, the days getting a little longer and everyone’s mood getting a little brighter, there’s something else you can always expect this time of the year.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
03/30/18

Christ’s Seventh Word From the Cross: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!”

So, on this Good Friday, our sinful self and all our sins rest with Jesus here in His tomb. Our transgressions are fully atoned.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/30/18

Christ’s Sixth Word From the Cross: “It Is Finished.”

At Golgotha, Jesus saves us from sin by becoming sin for us. Jesus takes all our messes, all our shame, all our guilt, all our fears and insecurities and He allows them to kill Him instead of us.
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
03/30/18

Christ’s Fifth Word From the Cross: “I Thirst.”

Jesus’ death was a direct fulfillment of the will of His Father as promised in the Scriptures.
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