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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/07/24

Depth of Mercy

The lack of history surrounding Psalm 130 allows it to endure as universally appealing even for our seasons of hopelessness and despair when we’re in “the depths.”
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
02/21/23

An Excerpt from What is Christianity? by Francis Pieper

A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
12/31/22

Epistle: Romans 6:1-11 (Baptism of Our Lord: Series A)

The word which justifies by bringing faith in baptism is the same powerful word that recreates, regenerates, and re-births a human being in baptism.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
07/31/21

Epistle: Ephesians 4:17-5:2 (Pentecost 11: Series B)

The baptized, those rescued and redeemed by God’s grace alone through faith in Jesus Christ alone, are given an entirely new life to live, an entirely new way to walk.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
06/15/21

The Christian Men of Jane Eyre

It is not her sacrifices that define Jane's faith, but her belief in the one who sacrificed for her.
Delwyn Campbell
Delwyn Campbell
08/28/20

Baptism as My Comfort

The fact that baptism specifically unites me to Christ in his death means that I share in his sufferings in my identity, not in my activity.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
05/04/20

Epistle: 1 Peter 2:2-10 (Easter 5: Series A)

The temple Christ inhabits is His own body and His body has been expanded, as it were, to include both Jew and Gentile in the Church.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
08/12/19

Catechetical Preaching

[Luther's] Catechism is at home in the evangelical pulpit, guiding and shaping what the preacher says so faith might be created and love given direction.
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
03/07/19

Grace & The Umbrella Academy

Netflix just recently released a series called The Umbrella Academy, another comic book series adapted for screen.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
11/14/18

Revelation 2:1-7 | To the Church in Ephesus | 013

ohn begins transcribing this first letter from Jesus to the Church of Ephesus, the Ephesians, his home congregation. In this letter, out of all seven letters, is contained the highest praise and the lightest rebuke.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
03/02/17

Eating Cheeseburgers for Lent

In the twinkling of that eye the perishable will become imperishable, and our bodies will be changed and become more glorious than we ever could have imagined.
Steve Byrnes
Steve Byrnes
04/17/14

Foot Washing on a Maundy Thursday

In the pageant of Easter Week, Maundy Thursday speaks about the last time Jesus ate with his Disciples and how He washed their feet in preparation for participating in the Passover meal (John 13).
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