Peace Be With You
By Jason Oakland
07/11/25
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Peace Be With You

‘Peace’ means “I have forgiven all those sins against me.”
An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
07/10/25

An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress

This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 6-9.
Inception and the Paradox of Grace
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/09/25

Inception and the Paradox of Grace

Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
06/03/21

Answering the Universal Inquiry of Humanity

Everyone is living as a naked sufferer who’s been duped into believing that the nakedness of suffering has to be covered up.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
05/07/21

Sing Me A Story

From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture echoes with the great songs of salvation that fill our ears, hearts, minds, and mouths with the good news of salvation in Jesus.
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
02/26/21

A Review of Flame's "Christ for You"

When it comes to the Book of Concord, there are really two types of people: those who read the contents and see a series of rap albums, and those who aren’t Flame.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
12/24/20

Waiting with Simeon

We’ve hung on every whisper of hope that this way of life would end and a new one would rise to take its place.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
09/13/20

Sermons on Hymn Texts

The Church's hymns help us see our own world from another—and perhaps not so different—vantage point that illuminates the impact of the work of Christ and the general providing and protecting activity of our Creator in our lives.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
08/27/20

Sing that Song Again

In both Psalms, we hear the Messiah becoming sin for us, and thus he pleads on our behalf before the Father
Rick Ritchie
Rick Ritchie
08/21/20

Handel's Messiah: Passion and Pathos

Physicality is good. Some way or another, choose a full performance of Messiah and give it your full attention. More than one time. Consider it a devotional practice.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/23/19

The Promises of Advent: Resurrected

The promise of Advent is the promise of the lamb slain, who is born and given for us so that we don’t have to fear sin, death, and hell.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
12/20/19

The Promises of Advent: Suffered and Died

Should we really be surprised that it would happen this way, that the servant would suffer for our salvation and die for our forgiveness?
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
12/16/19

The Promises of Advent: Born in the Midst of Suffering

While we do not have an answer, we do have a promise. A promise given to us by a God whose one and only Son was himself slaughtered by those terrified of losing their power.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
12/09/19

The Promises of Advent: Son of Abraham

Abraham knew that this was a God who kept his promises.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
12/03/19

The Promises of Advent: Born of a Virgin

God does not combat the impending armies of Satan with might and power, but with the weakness of a babe.
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