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Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
01/06/21

I'll be Home for Epiphany

This year, I’m more excited for Epiphany than I am for Christmas.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
01/04/21

God's Unmasked Face

The church does well to remind the world that God is unmasked, indeed, that God has unmasked himself in the person of Jesus.
Jason Lang
Jason Lang
01/04/21

Tempted & Delivered

Jesus is our sympathizer, our propitiation, and our advocate. We will be tempted but God will provide the way out, the way out is Jesus, the one who died for our sins.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
01/03/21

The Rituals of Preaching

Rituals resist domestication and confront us with a world and worldview brought forth from the Bible and through twenty centuries of Christianity for the purpose of arresting our contemporary worldview through its self-sameness.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
01/03/21

Gospel: Mark 1:4-11 (The Baptism of Our Lord: Series B)

John has been preaching a radical vision of God, where God holds people accountable for their sin and calls them to repent. What will Jesus do?
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
01/03/21

Epistle: Galatians 4:4-7 (The Baptism of Our Lord: Series B)

In Scripture, to be "in Christ" is nothing but living in the light and reality of one’s baptism.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
01/03/21

Old Testament: Genesis 1:1-5 (The Baptism of Our Lord: Series B)

Christ has come to make all things new, and water and the Spirit are used for His new creation just as it was for the original.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
01/01/21

Dominus Mortis

Perhaps this past year has prompted the recognition that God is not the tame projection of our highest hopes and dreams. Instead, he is the one who uses even his foes to make a point.
Martin Luther
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.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
12/31/20

The Sad State of My Backyard

The setting for Luke 2 is the first century analog to my backyard. The stage is dressed with rust and decay, guilt and shame, sin and death.
Brad Soenksen
Brad Soenksen
12/31/20

Resolutions and Already Met Conditions

Christ has accomplished for us that which we could not do for ourselves – he has made us into his image by cleansing us of our sins and making us alive for eternity.
Bruce Hillman
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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