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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
03/14/24

Ishmael, Isaac, and the Freedom We Receive

Are you on the receiving end of freedom? Or are you trying to make yourself free?
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
01/16/24

A Review of “Called into Questions” by Matthew Lee Anderson

Anderson encourages us to meditate upon the ways that Christ truly is the end of our exploring.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
01/11/23

What Can Wash Away My Sin?

Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
10/25/22

How to Define Christian Community

There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
10/09/22

Old Testament: Genesis 32:22-30 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

The true masterpiece of the Bible’s narrative is that we are blessed not in the way we want but in the way God gives freely on account of Christ alone.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
05/15/22

New Testament: Acts 16:9-15 (Easter 6: Series C)

There were no discussions, no committee meetings, no master planning, he and his group simply went to Macedonia.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
05/08/22

Gospel: John 16:12-22 (Easter 5: Series C)

What we have in our reading is a picture of how God deals with a lack of understanding.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/21/22

Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

I want the beginning of my funeral to be focused on Jesus, as well as the middle, the end, and every point in between.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
04/04/22

The End of Ethics

False holiness is always a possession and achievement of the individual in isolation from the good of others. And so it isn’t holiness at all.
Ryan Tinetti
Ryan Tinetti
11/04/19

Breaking the Saturday E-Brake: An Introduction to the Canons of Rhetoric

[Nearly] all of us struggle with making the move, as Thomas Long puts it, “from desk to pulpit.” The reason is because our approach to sermon preparation is inadequate.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
06/22/17

A Better Altar Call

That week, I began to doubt myself. Did I really believe?
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/07/16

Reading Life Backward: Why Hebrew is the Language of the Cross

Read your life like a Hebrew, from the end to the beginning, and you will see that the last is first. The dead are alive, the cursed are blessed, the humble are exalted.
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