What Makes a Saint: A Saint is a Sinner
By Daniel Emery Price
07/07/25
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What Makes a Saint: A Saint is a Sinner

One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.
Freedom Beyond Strength and Wisdom
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
07/04/25

Freedom Beyond Strength and Wisdom

Wisdom and strength require bootstrap-pulling and the placing of noses to grindstones.
Free Indeed: The Liberty Only Christ Can Give
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
07/03/25

Free Indeed: The Liberty Only Christ Can Give

“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36).

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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/27/23

A Review of "God's Word: A Guide to Holy Scripture" by John Kleinig

When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.
Matt Popovits
Matt Popovits
02/23/23

Revival Comes to Town

There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
Edward Killian
Edward Killian
02/17/23

Listen to Jesus

Jesus stands before the disciples as the bridge between heaven and earth, and between Old Testament and New Testament.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
02/13/23

How God Loves Us: Show Us Your Love, Exodus 34:6-7

This week we will take a closer look at God's love in Scripture.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
02/08/23

The White Rose

We too are God’s baptized, beloved, blood-bought believers. And no one can ever take that away from us.
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
02/05/23

Old Testament: Isaiah 58:3-9a (Epiphany 5: Series A)

Isaiah says in summary “liturgical ritual without works is dead” because we render the meaningful worship of God meaningless and even sinful when we do not love our neighbor.
Michael Berg
Michael Berg
02/02/23

The Presentation of Our Lord

Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
01/29/23

Old Testament: Micah 6:1-8 (Epiphany 4: Series A)

He has given us more than a surprise Gospel in our text. He has given us everything we need for life and salvation in Him.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
01/27/23

I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
01/25/23

Consider Jesus

All of Scripture, every last syllable of it, is meant to drive us to "consider Jesus," the One who comes to "make us right" by gifting us his righteousness.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/23/23

And From That Very Hour, You Are Healed

Jesus not only healed her daughter, but he also gave himself to her. Wherever she went from then on, he was with her.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
01/19/23

True Tolerance

We assert, we herald, the truth about God becoming King of the world in and through Jesus of Nazareth alone. It is our public announcement.
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