AI Can't Save You
By Erick Sorensen
06/17/26
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AI Can't Save You

Your God is not artificially intelligent, but the source of all intelligence (including yours).
No One Builds Alone: Why the Future of Lutheranism Must Be Built Together
Russ Lackey
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Mark Mattes
Mark Mattes
06/15/26

No One Builds Alone: Why the Future of Lutheranism Must Be Built Together

The church is not renewed when one pastor tries to do the work of the whole body. The church is renewed when Christ’s body begins to act like a body again.
Learning God's Grand Story through the Chronicles of Narnia
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
06/13/26

Learning God's Grand Story through the Chronicles of Narnia

This is what Christian catechesis does; it turns the knobs of the Scriptures and throws the doors of God’s word wide open to tell us the story of salvation.

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Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
03/04/24

A Good Sermon

The church is called to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. Where is that message found? In every blade of grass, on every page of Scripture.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/01/24

Lent, The Time of Un-dragoning

We are not pursuing dragons; we are the dragons. We are, all of us, Eustace Scrubb.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
02/28/24

The Sound of Freedom

This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
02/26/24

Entirely Outside of You, For You

He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
Jason Oakland
Jason Oakland
02/23/24

Christ, Our Substitute in Temptation

Your champion steps forward.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
02/22/24

The Grace of Repentance in a Fish’s Belly

He shows up when we are at our worst to usher us back to his side, lead us to repentance, rescue us, and reclaim us as his own.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
02/19/24

Legalism - The Elephant in the Room

There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/16/24

The Tree At The Center of The Universe

We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
Grant Klembara
Grant Klembara
02/14/24

Love in the Ashes

What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
02/07/24

Rod Rosenbladt: A Great Storyteller of the Greatest Story Ever Told

One way or another, Rod always found a way to bring whatever story he was telling back to the gospel and God's grace in Christ.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/05/24

Jesus Is Sweeter Than Honey

Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
Sarah Crowder
Sarah Crowder
02/01/24

Fat God

God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
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