The Angel Who Knows the Way
By Bradley Gray
09/09/26
19mins

The Angel Who Knows the Way

The word of assurance given to Moses at Sinai echoes through eternity on the lips of the Savior, untroubling troubled souls with the good news that there is one who walks the paths of life with you, and soon he’s coming to bring you to himself.
Failing at Friendship, and the Freedom to be Known
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
09/04/26

Failing at Friendship, and the Freedom to be Known

The greatest obstacle to friendship in middle age isn't that nobody wants friends. It's that everyone is waiting for someone else to go first. But here's the good news: Christ has already gone first for you. And because He has, you are free to go first for someone else.
9/11, Islam, and the Gospel
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
09/11/26

9/11, Islam, and the Gospel

The church's answer to Islam remains what it has always been: Christ crucified and risen for sinners.

All Articles

Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
10/16/18

On Being Haunted

I am often haunted by my past. I am daily haunted by what I should be doing.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/16/18

Walking in Forgiveness

Jesus’ forgiveness will not collapse. Jesus’ forgiveness will take us places our legs can’t take us.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
10/14/18

The Preacher as Conversation Partner

Good communication depends on trust to make such conversation work effectively. The truth springs, first, from God's own promise and the punch put into that promise by the mysterious power of the Holy Spirit.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/13/18

A Lament for Hurricane Victims

Here is a lament I’ve written especially for victims of hurricanes. May it be for you, for your family, or for your church, a way to put into prayer the anguish of your souls.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/12/18

Whose Bones are Buried Beneath the Cross?

Let’s take a walk together. And as we do, I’ll tell you a mystery.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/11/18

Ordinary Joy

She said, “Keep coming back, and you’ll know joy.” He wanted to vomit a rainbow of resentment, bitterness, and loathing all over her faux-leather boots.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
10/09/18

Our Daughter Problem

They say girls in our society should have nothing to worry about. They should have the opportunity for education and choices far beyond generations before.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/07/18

The Two Reasons Our Past Can Be Changed

In Christ, God’s Son, yesterday, today, and tomorrow all collapse into one. He holds in himself everything from the beginning to the end of the world.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/04/18

Name Brand

Many scholars believe that what Jesus says in verses 18-20 are the key to Matthew's Gospel. Actually, it may be the key to the entire Bible, for in these three verses we see the full scope of the history of redemption brought to bear in one history-altering, cosmic event: Baptizing in God's name.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
10/03/18

Getting Saved, Doing Nothing

We are saved by grace, and strictly speaking, not by an offer.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
10/01/18

Christ’s Gifts For Ingrates

Have you ever received a gift for which you were less than thrilled, but you had to pretend you really liked it so as not to offend the giver?
Jake Allstaedt
Jake Allstaedt
09/28/18

It Never Depended Upon You

I visited a senior man at his home the other day. I'll refer to him as “Jim.”
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