Peace Be With You
By Jason Oakland
07/11/25
5mins

Peace Be With You

‘Peace’ means “I have forgiven all those sins against me.”
An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
07/10/25

An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress

This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 6-9.
Inception and the Paradox of Grace
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/09/25

Inception and the Paradox of Grace

Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

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Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
02/28/23

My Favorite Book in the Bible

If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
02/22/23

Ash Wednesday, For What?

Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
Rick Ritchie
Rick Ritchie
02/20/23

Who Will Storm Doubting Castle?

Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
02/17/23

How God Loves Us: God is Love, 1 John 4:15-21

To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
02/16/23

How God Loves Us: Rich in Mercy, Ephesians 2:4-5

His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
02/05/23

Gospel: Matthew 5:13-20 (Epiphany 5: Series A)

God has the power to take that which is small, that which is overlooked, that which is despised, and use it to create something wonderful.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
01/29/23

Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (Epiphany 4: Series A)

I hope your people expect and even demand this of you. But how we proclaim the central message, that can (and probably should) vary.
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.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
01/16/23

I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins

God gives us the power and authority to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to burdened sinners who entrust us with their pain, guilt, and defeat.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
01/14/23

Gospel: Matthew 4:12-25 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

Though it may feel to us like the darkness is winning, God’s Word reveals the darkness is waning. The Light of the world has come.
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.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
01/07/23

Gospel: John 1:29-42 (Epiphany 2: Series A)

When all the people had been baptized, when all the people had washed the filth of their sins into the water, Jesus went into the water to draw their sins unto Himself.
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