Gen-X, The Church Needs Your Scars
By Donavon Riley
08/07/25
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Gen-X, The Church Needs Your Scars

We don’t need another brand. We need a people who remember who they are. And that’s us, Gen-X.
The Parable That Preaches the Cross
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
08/06/25

The Parable That Preaches the Cross

Just as each servant was sent to bring back the Master’s fruit, so did God send his prophets to bring back the fruits of a life shaped by the Word.
When our Childhood Heroes Die
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
08/04/25

When our Childhood Heroes Die

Why reflect on these three men — MacArthur, Ozzy, and Hulk Hogan — in the same breath?

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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/20/18

Jesus is the Death of death

Where Jesus says, “She’s not dead, she’s sleeping,” death dies.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
11/16/18

Redline Bikes, Grace and the God of Hope

As we approach the Advent season, we are happy to introduce a special blog series on the hope we find in, through and given by Christ. Each week’s installment will look at hope from a different perspective with special emphasis on corresponding passages of Scripture.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
11/15/18

Identity, and the Self-Stories We Tell

What does it mean to be a child of God and to carry his image? This is a theological question, but it is a question necessary for our self-understanding
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/14/18

There is Only One Who is Permanent

When our mind betrays us, our body fails us, and our soul can’t be comforted, our Jesus now saves us.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/13/18

Christianity: The End of Religion

In the beginning, we read about the invention of religion. It begins simply enough in Genesis 3
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
11/12/18

How Dreams Die

The more I seek God on my own terms, the deeper I am gazing at my own navel.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
11/09/18

The Grace Growing Up in the Weeds

The following is an excerpt from Scandalous Stories: A Sort of Commentary on Parables written by Daniel Emery Price and Erick Sorenson (1517 Publishing, 2018).
Jessica Thompson
Jessica Thompson
11/08/18

Christ Is Enough

There are mornings I wake up beleaguered by my past sins. It is almost as though my conscience waits until I am too tired to fight it, and then it wages its war against me.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/06/18

Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?

We tell our children if they work hard and play by the rules, they’ll succeed in life. Jerks, cheaters, and thieves won’t. They’ll end up in the gutter. Or jail. Or worse.
Jason Lane
Jason Lane
11/04/18

Epistle: Hebrews 9:24-28 (Proper 27, Series B)

Two major themes seem to be running through the readings for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost. The first weaves together the widow who gave of her poverty in Mark 12 and the story of the widow of Zarephath from 1 Kings 17, who also gave to the prophet everything that she had… However, the other theme comes by way of the Epistle from Hebrews 9:24-28, which is about the temple made without hands.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/02/18

How Luther Pointed Me to Christ in the Old Testament

Jesus is the Word of God. God’s Word—on two legs (John 1:14). I’d read it in the first chapter of John’s Gospel many, many times.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
11/02/18

Election Hacking

Divine election hacking happens with the proposal that God’s Word is irrelevant and powerless, weak and impotent.
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