By Christopher J. Richmann

09/30/26

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You Might Have a Troubled Heart

Jesus doesn’t say, “I give you the way,” but “I am the way.”

Luke Kjolhaug

09/29/26

The Fear of Being Known

This is an excerpt from the sixth chapter of Fear Not: How the Gospel Disrupts Our Deepest Anxieties by Luke Kjolhaug (1517 Publishing, 2026).

Bradley Gray

09/25/26

His Mercy is More

We draw near because Christ our Mediator has gone where we never could, and he has brought us with him.

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Joel Hess

05/04/17

Hey Pastor, Your Church Is Not Healthy (goggles required)

Your church is not healthy. If they were healthy, they wouldn’t need someone to heal them.

Daniel Emery Price

05/03/17

The Wicked Way We Become More Like Jesus

I'm always surprised to hear people say, “If I could do it all again, I wouldn’t change a thing.” But we’re all sinners and we all sin every day.

Bob Hiller

05/02/17

Can I Be a Sinner in Your Church?

You can talk to me about how Jesus is really forgiving and how you want me around, but what happens when things don’t change in a month?

Chad Bird

04/30/17

I Would Never Do That: Facing the Lie We Tell Ourselves

We pray for God to deliver us from ourselves. To forgive us, for Jesus’s sake, when we do evil.

Cindy Koch

04/27/17

What’s Wrong with Women’s Bible Studies?

Week after week, I read through this women’s Bible study for the sake of my friends.

Kathy Morales

04/25/17

Prove It

Show me. If I’m going to believe, I need to be convinced—on my terms.

Craig Donofrio

04/21/17

What Does It Mean for Faith to Have an Object?

To see faith as a noun in Christianity, one must ask the question of what is faith and whence does it come?

Joel Hess

04/20/17

What Did Your Funeral Look Like?

The fact is no one dies with dignity.

Sam P. Schuldheisz

04/19/17

The Great Eucatastrophe

Eucatastrophe combines two Greek words: ‘eu’ meaning ‘good’ (as in eulogy or euphoria), and ‘katastrophe’ for destruction.

Donavon Riley

04/18/17

Bare, Naked Faith

Put to death by God's Word of Law, we are then raised to new life by God's Word of Gospel.

Chad Bird

04/15/17

Tonight Is the Night of Light: An Easter Vigil Meditation

This is the night from when all those nights receive their light. For this is the night when Christ, the Life arose from the dead.

Erick Sorensen

04/14/17

Why “Good” Friday?

Have you ever wondered, of all the adjectives we could use to describe this day why in the world we chose the word “good?” Yeah, me too.

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