By Aaron Boerst

09/19/25

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The Shepherd Who Sees Our Stains

God leads us to green pastures. He comforts us with his grace in our darkest valleys.

1517 Guest Contributor

09/18/25

Spiritual But Not Useless

Christian spirituality is not a flight from the world, but a deep dive into its brokenness.

When Silence Speaks: A Christian Call to Restraint in the Age of Opinions

Ryan Couch

09/17/25

When Silence Speaks: A Christian Call to Restraint in the Age of Opinions

At the end of the day, what do you want to be known for? Your opinions, or your Savior?

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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.

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.

Bradley Gray

01/18/23

The Body of God and the Scandal of Our Dying Brother

The gospel's message is the scandalous announcement that Yahweh has stooped to our frame, to where we are.

Gerhard Forde

01/12/23

A Real Person

Fullness, truth, reality – all this God gives us as his gift in Christ.

Bob Sundquist

01/07/23

Old Testament: Isaiah 49:1-7 (Epiphany 2: Series A)

He will safely birth us from this world, which is like a womb, into Heaven itself. On that day we will truly see the creation as it was made to be, restored and perfect in eternity forever.

Bradley Gray

01/05/23

Jesus is Better

As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."

Luke Kjolhaug

01/02/23

A Toast to the End of Ourselves

Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.

Bob Sundquist

12/31/22

Old Testament: Isaiah 60:1-6 (Epiphany: Series A)

The Lord’s Gospel will attract all the nations to His holy mountain, and people from the ends of the earth will sojourn to the city to bear witness to God’s great work of salvation.

Bob Sundquist

12/31/22

Old Testament: Isaiah 42:1-9 (Baptism of Our Lord: Series A)

The question remains, how do we get connected to this Isaianic Servant? How do we get into a relationship with Him so our perspectives and lives might be changed? We want to see God rightly, so where do we look?

Bob Sundquist

12/24/22

Old Testament: 2 Samuel 7:1-16 (Christmas 1: One-Year Lectionary)

The whole Old Testament leans with this unanswered and open-ended question at the end: Is he here yet?

Scott Keith

12/22/22

Christmas in Psalm 22: Why Have You Forsaken Me?

To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.

Steven Paulson

12/20/22

Christmas in Psalm 2: Futility is Funny

Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.

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