Free Indeed: The Liberty Only Christ Can Give

By Ryan Couch

07/03/25

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Free Indeed: The Liberty Only Christ Can Give

“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36).

Bradley Gray

07/02/25

Faith Remains: From Habbakuk to Luther

How do the words “The righteous shall live by his faith” go from a context of hope in hopelessness to the cornerstone declaration of the chief doctrine of the Christian faith?

John Bombaro

07/01/25

The Worldview Inversion of the Cross

As soon as people understand what crucifixion means, the cross becomes offensive.

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Donavon Riley

02/10/21

Liberated to be Excitedly Ordinary

We can celebrate what others consider mundane and ordinary because it's miraculous. After all, it's God-given.

John T. Pless

02/03/21

Special Lent Series: Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice!

John T. Pless has prepared a midweek Lenten sermon series that will fix our eyes on the saving work of the triune God. Based on Martin Luther’s hymn “Dear Christians One and All Rejoice,” this series will provide preachers an opportunity to proclaim the saving work of God to their hearers throughout the season of Lent.

Katie Koplin

02/03/21

What Do I Have to Give?

Regardless of my experience, my talents, or even my mood, it’s these gifts of Christ that I have to give away. They are all I have, and they are everything.

Donavon Riley

02/02/21

A Christian is Pulled Between Two Extremes

Our anxiety about the future is a consequence of our old self’s attempts to achieve freedom for himself apart from Christ Jesus.

Grant Klembara

01/25/21

Death's End according to Poet John Donne

Out of great pain and suffering often comes goodness, beauty, and truth. John Donne, born on the 22nd of January in 1573, is an excellent example of that for us in his masterful work, Death Be Not Proud.

Craig Donofrio

01/20/21

The Cancel Culture of Grace

When God cancels you, it is an occasion for all of the canceled who are in heaven and earth to rejoice in that one more is added to our number.

Sarah Crowder

01/18/21

Receiving a New Name: Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

Freedom and reconciliation were significant themes for both of the Martin Luthers.

Gretchen Ronnevik

01/14/21

The Secret to Growing Your Faith

In our transactional view of our faith - “If I don’t… then God won’t.” “I need to, so God can” - we are seriously underestimating who we are dealing with.

Sam P. Schuldheisz

01/13/21

A Tale of Two Professors

This tale of two professors has a common theme, plot, and denouement - the good news of the one true story, Jesus Christ crucified for you.

Bror Erickson

01/08/21

When Salt Loses it's Taste

Good works do not give us a righteousness that exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees. Rather, good works result from righteousness given by the good work of the Righteous One on the cross.

Martin Luther

01/01/21

Our Sufficiency is From God

Any good work we perform among you; any doctrine we write upon your heart – that is God’s own work.

Bruce Hillman

12/30/20

Inspiration from Mr. Rogers about Coping with a Pandemic

Fred Rogers did not teach children how to live through a pandemic, but he had many profound things to say about loving our neighbors and finding our identity in that calling.

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