Where Pride Fails, Grace Breaks In
By Donavon Riley
06/11/25
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Where Pride Fails, Grace Breaks In

You are a soul. Not an algorithm. Not a hashtag. A soul knit together by a God who does not mock, does not abandon, and does not lie.
Why I Needed a Church That Gives Jesus: On Rooted Faith and Real Absolution
Michael Gibney
Michael Gibney
06/10/25

Why I Needed a Church That Gives Jesus: On Rooted Faith and Real Absolution

What I was missing—what so many are missing—is a Church that doesn’t just speak about Christ, but delivers him.
August Hermann Francke: A Practical Pietist
Sam Leanza Ortiz
Sam Leanza Ortiz
06/09/25

August Hermann Francke: A Practical Pietist

Though several generations removed from Luther’s generation, Francke came of age right on time for a new wave of spirituality to collide with the Reformation in the movement known as Pietism.

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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/02/18

When God Disappoints

In the tiny Bible-belt town where I grew up, tragedy brought people together.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
08/02/18

Who are You to Walk the Walk

I can pretend for a little bit, but as soon as the phone is put away and it’s just me and my sin, I am fearful about what my walk says about me. I know what I should do, but I can’t quite seem to do it.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
08/01/18

When God Wounds

Life is certainly unfair. But in Christ, at least in part, we rejoice at such a notion. Grace, that great descriptor of God’s devotion, is a word that only finds its purpose, only exists at all, because it exists as a response to guilt.
Mariah Coward
Mariah Coward
07/31/18

Breaking The “Righteous” Meter

In the first few years after God saved me I saw sin as this unfortunate parasite that was slowly sucking the life out of me.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/31/18

Set Free to Forgive and Love

Jesus dies for the sin of the world. That means he dies for the person who disappoints us. He shed His blood for the person who doesn’t love us the way we want to be loved.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
07/30/18

What Writer’s Block Tells us About the Kingdom of God

Writer’s Block, however, entertains no such fantasies. It goes straight for my ego’s jugular and pounds home the fact that I’m not good enough.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
07/27/18

Luther's Anxiety of the Heart and Today's Despair

Today’s world has replaced Anfechtung with an entirely new sort of despair.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/26/18

Justification Is Simple

The Gospel is simple to confess. That is, we are justified by faith alone, through Christ alone, without the works of the Law.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
07/26/18

Why Church is For You

All other wonderful teachings of Holy Scripture from creation to Christ’s coming again are absolutely worthless without being understood in light of Jesus, death, and resurrection for sinners.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/23/18

Grace Has No Expiration Date

I, like you probably, have an uncontrollable aversion to any food product that is past its expiration date.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
07/19/18

Ideology, Theology, and Women Without Tattoos

You may have seen the uproar from a recent blog post suggesting that virgins who forego college, learn to cook big meals and abstain from tattoos make more desirable wives.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
07/19/18

Worth Your Meditation

Our meditation listens to the King of Kings when He says; it is finished.
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