Jesus Is God: The Old Testament Says So
By Chad Bird
10/13/26
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Jesus Is God: The Old Testament Says So

Yahweh who is pierced and mourned in prophecy is Jesus who is pierced and mourned in fulfillment.
World Mission and Inner Mission
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
10/09/26

World Mission and Inner Mission

There is indeed a responsibility for the church to share the gospel in the world, but never at the expense of the church’s charity and mercy for those neighbors who are nearby.
Worship According to the Word
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/07/26

Worship According to the Word

The only hope for idol-addicted sinners who are utterly incapable of decluttering their souls is Jesus, the one at the heart of the gospel, and the only one who stands before the Father with an undivided heart.

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Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
06/13/24

The Gift of Failure

Success is emphatically not your primary identity.
Nicholas Hopman
Nicholas Hopman
06/05/24

The Legacy of Strasbourg Hymnals

Strasbourg’s hymnals are especially relevant to American Lutherans because much of what we experience in our churches comes to us from Strasbourg.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/22/24

A Hinge Between Addict-life and Christ-life

Now that the Lord of Sabaoth has involved himself, something ends, something is born.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
05/20/24

For the Ones that Remain

I have to believe that grace - God’s grace - will be waiting on the other side.
Nicholas Hopman
Nicholas Hopman
05/16/24

Martin Luther's Reformation Hymns

It is difficult to overestimate the importance of these early Lutheran hymns – and their physical availability in hymnals – in the piety of common people living in Lutheran towns and territories.
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
05/15/24

The Battle of Frankenhausen and the Ruin of Thomas Müntzer

The Battle of Frankenhausen stands as a warning for what can happen when we abandon the Word God has given us and chase after some vision of our own imaginations.
Gage Jordan
Gage Jordan
05/14/24

In The Wild: Church for Those People

The gospel is for sinners – both the tax collector and Pharisee, both in need of the Great Physician.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/13/24

The Day Russell Brand Was Filled with The Holy Breath

God chose Russell Brand, chose to defy his fast-escaping life and drink up all his swift-running sin in the River Thames.
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
05/10/24

The Threefold Justification of the Resurrection

The profound significance of Christ’s resurrection comes from the threefold justification it provides: it justifies the sinner, the sinner’s hope, and God himself.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
04/29/24

A Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/18/24

God’s Gift of Justification

The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
04/12/24

"In the Path of Totality

Bathed in the waters of baptism, you are placed in God's path of totality, a path he won for each and every one of us.
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