Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue
By Kelsi Klembara
10/30/26
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Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.
Messengers, Angels, and Apostles
Mark Duerr
Mark Duerr
10/29/26

Messengers, Angels, and Apostles

While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.
Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/28/26

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
03/07/23

And I Will Give You Rest

The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
03/06/23

You Are Light

I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
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.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/27/23

A Review of "God's Word: A Guide to Holy Scripture" by John Kleinig

When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.
Matt Popovits
Matt Popovits
02/23/23

Revival Comes to Town

There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
02/21/23

An Excerpt from What is Christianity? by Francis Pieper

A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
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.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
02/08/23

The White Rose

We too are God’s baptized, beloved, blood-bought believers. And no one can ever take that away from us.
Jason Oakland
Jason Oakland
02/07/23

The Hidden Glory

Hidden beneath the sinner is a glorious saint. Jesus has declared it to be so in your baptism.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
01/27/23

I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
01/10/23

Another Look at the "Loving" Expert on the Law

The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
01/03/23

What If My Dreams Don't Come True?

The nefarious thing about idolatry is that just about anything can become your idol: career, family, fame, wealth, status, spouse, you name it, any good thing can become a ‘god-thing” with ease. 
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