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.

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

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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Donavon Riley

08/16/22

We Cannot Hack God's Word

Our value and our values, our life, our everything is from Jesus Christ given to us as a gift.

Gretchen Ronnevik

08/12/22

1 John 1:5-10: The Reality of the Light

God is consistently rooting us in reality—both what is seen and unseen—because that is where he is.

Donavon Riley

08/02/22

The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.

Steven Paulson

08/01/22

Faith, Hope, and Love

Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.

Ken Sundet Jones

07/28/22

Church Fathers: Cyril of Alexandria, Saint and Sinner

Cyril’s fervor for pure explication of the gospel was present throughout his career.

David Clay

07/22/22

Calling, Politics, and the City of God

Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.

Wade Johnston

07/21/22

A Hospitable God

Sometimes I think we should be more tempted to laugh at the gospel than we are, not in derision but in sheer surprise and awe.

John Bombaro

07/20/22

Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self.

Bradley Gray

07/14/22

Having Done All to Stand

History is the painful realization that we aren’t the ones who can save the world but, rather, we’re the ones who get saved.

John Bombaro

07/13/22

An Impossible Standard...Attained!

In Jesus, the most totalizing summary of the law becomes the gospel of the one made perfect through obedience.

Ken Sundet Jones

07/11/22

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Whatever body part you are, the body of Christ is no pod person. Together, we’re a living, breathing, deathless whole.

Michael Berg

07/08/22

Neomonasticism

Neomonasticism—that is, the idea that church work is more important than regular work—implies that God cares more about the spiritual than the physical.

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