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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/06/23

What Do These Stones Mean?

The Bible not only calls us to remember God’s past acts of deliverance; it also invites us to recognize that God in Christ is still in the business of delivering sinners from bondage.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/24/22

The Alpha and Omega of Generosity

It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
07/12/22

Marx, Prayer, and Humanity

In the place of God, Marx sets the material, autonomous, self-creating man.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
04/29/22

Becoming Human Again

What the gospel promises is not escape from our humanity, but resurrection from the dead.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
04/26/22

Fearless Thomas Apart From Christ

Thomas is an illustration of the power of Christ’s resurrection.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
04/09/22

Denied!-A Sermon for Tuesday in Holy Week

Out there the instincts to protect yourself from embarrassment, ridicule, and rejection can easily overcome you as they did Peter. Our only hope is in Peter’s Lord.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
12/19/21

Unto You Means For You

What would the world be like without Christmas? That is, what would it be like without the declaration of Christmas: “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord”?
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
03/04/21

The Fourth Petition: Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread

Even though the horn of plenty on our table is there as the fruit of our labor, that is also a gift of God’s grace
Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
10/28/20

Reasons to Rejoice in 2020

This earth is not the place where your promise is to be found. Rejoice because the kingdom of God comes to you!
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/03/19

A Theology of Grief & Death

It is true that no one ever grieves in the same way. We are all different in personality and chemical makeup. But what is the same, is that everyone, at some point, grieves.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
04/24/19

The Blood of Christ Does What?

Trusting in Christ’s shed blood also means that we serve the living God. We don’t trust in nothing. We don’t serve a fake god.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
05/14/13

The Spirit of the Old and New

The Spirit, who endowed the tabernacle architects with wisdom from on high, overshadows Mary's womb, the new holy of holies, where Wisdom is incarnate below.
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