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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/10/24

Unforeseen Sympathy

Jonah’s biggest blunder was a failure to understand that God’s grace is always undeserved and always falls on those who are unworthy of it.
Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
12/22/23

O Holy Night

Your heavenly Father has not purchased you with gold or with silver but with the most valuable currency in the universe; the blood of God.
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
11/20/23

The Necessity of Human Forgivness

Amy Mantravadi asks if we should forgive others even if they are not repentant
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/23/23

The Life Is In the Blood

How Leviticus 17 is a key passage for understanding atonement
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
09/18/22

Old Testament: Amos 6:1-7 (Pentecost 16: Series C)

God did what we could never do. He made a promise that endures forever and is eternally significant.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
07/28/22

Church Fathers: Cyril of Alexandria, Saint and Sinner

Cyril’s fervor for pure explication of the gospel was present throughout his career.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
04/03/22

Gospel: Luke 19:28-40 (Palm Sunday: Series C)

The image on Palm Sunday is about something so primordial, so powerful and ancient, so deep, that it would shatter any kind of limits. It would break through any attempt to restrain it.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
11/15/20

Old Testament: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 (Pentecost 29: Series A)

The “New David” will manifest the power of the LORD and will not set Himself in opposition as did the false shepherds.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
01/07/19

Revelation 2:12-17 | To the Church in Pergamum: Part 2 | 016

Many say Balaam was a prophet, but this was not so. Balaam was no prophet. At least, not a prophet of Yahweh.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
12/10/18

Luther on the Verge: Burning the Papal Bull

The Pope Leo X used the psalm description of a boar uprooting grape vines in a vineyard as a metaphor for what the upstart German monk had been doing at that backwater university.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
12/09/18

From Advent to Christmas

Past, present, fututre converge in Advent. The historical coming of the Lord Jesus in the flesh, born of Mary to suffer and die for the world's redemption is indicated by having the Palm Suday account read on the First Sunday in Advent. All of the church year revolves around the cross.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/12/18

How to Make Grace Unamazing

Nothing is easier than making grace unamazing. Just do what comes naturally.
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