1. Lent, The Time of Un-dragoning

    book
    03/01/24
    9 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    We are not pursuing dragons; we are the dragons. We are, all of us, Eustace Scrubb.
    Lent, The Time of Un-dragoning

  2. Our Need for Lent

    book
    02/27/24
    16 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    A truly Lenten mindset sees the season as preparatory for the resurrection life of Easter as opposed to the mortification of Good Friday.
    Our Need for Lent

  3. Entirely Outside of You, For You

    book
    02/26/24
    6 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
    Entirely Outside of You, For You

  4. Christ, Our Substitute in Temptation

    book
    02/23/24
    7 mins
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    By Jason Oakland
    Your champion steps forward.
    Christ, Our Substitute in Temptation

  5. The Grace of Repentance in a Fish’s Belly

    book
    02/22/24
    23 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    He shows up when we are at our worst to usher us back to his side, lead us to repentance, rescue us, and reclaim us as his own.
    The Grace of Repentance in a Fish’s Belly

  6. Lent's Forty Days

    book
    02/20/24
    10 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    The number forty calls to remembrance narratives of God’s great acts of redemption, but also our conformity to and participation in those narratives.
    Lent's Forty Days

  7. Love in the Ashes

    book
    02/14/24
    10 mins
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    By Grant Klembara
    What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
    Love in the Ashes

  8. A History of Lent: Lent's Somber Complexion

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    02/13/24
    12 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    The driving impulse of Lent isn’t so much “giving up” things as it is “putting on” something.
    A History of Lent: Lent's Somber Complexion

  9. A Different Sort of Man: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt

    book
    02/12/24
    10 mins
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    By Paul Koch
    The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
    A Different Sort of Man: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt

  10. The Same Face

    book
    02/12/24
    6 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
    The Same Face

  11. More than a Professor: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt

    book
    02/08/24
    7 mins
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    By Bror Erickson
    Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
    More than a Professor: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt

  12. The Peace of the Lord and the Presentation of Jesus

    book
    02/02/24
    6 mins
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    By Jason Oakland
    In the Word, you find peace. It proclaims peace first between you and God because of Jesus. That empowers you to deal peacefully with others and brings you peace of mind.
    The Peace of the Lord and the Presentation of Jesus
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