1. The Spirit Never Stops Testifying to Christ: 1 John 5:5-12

    book
    10/28/22
    13 mins
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    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
    The Spirit Never Stops Testifying to Christ: 1 John 5:5-12

  2. Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

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    07/20/22
    17 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self.
    Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

  3. Reforming Worship

    book
    06/02/22
    11 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    The relationship between faith and prayer or belief and worship is mutual. Faith produces prayer and prayer expresses faith.
    Reforming Worship

  4. Judas at Mass

    book
    05/02/22
    10 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    On May 2nd, Cantate Sunday, in the year 1507, Luther celebrated his first Mass.
    Judas at Mass

  5. You Are Bloody Forgiven

    book
    04/14/22
    9 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Today, Maundy Thursday, we receive the feast of Christ’s true body and blood for us, for the forgiveness of our sins. All of them.
    You Are Bloody Forgiven

  6. What Kind of God Washes Feet?

    book
    04/14/22
    5 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    How fitting that we have our feet washed by the very God from whom we once ran in terror and shame.
    What Kind of God Washes Feet?

  7. The Lord’s Crumbs

    book
    03/28/22
    8 mins
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    By John Bortulin
    When you are stripped down to nothing, desperate, lowly, you will again know what she knows: the crumbs are enough, Jesus is enough, for you.
    The Lord’s Crumbs

  8. Implications of the Incarnation: God Confirms His Sacramental Gifts

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    12/10/21
    13 mins
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    By Kelsi Klembara
    Big or small, potential or certain, the despair we may grapple with during this time of year tends to find its end in the fact that things are not as they should be.
    Implications of the Incarnation: God Confirms His Sacramental Gifts

  9. Thanksgiving Every Sunday

    book
    11/27/21
    9 mins
    read
    By Pete Lange
    Is it possible to celebrate Thanksgiving every time we come together as God’s people as well?
    Thanksgiving Every Sunday

  10. The Family Table

    book
    11/25/21
    14 mins
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    By Tyler Cronkright
    We give thanks to the Father who has made a way for us to sit at his table.
    The Family Table

  11. The Lord’s Thanksgiving

    book
    11/24/21
    8 mins
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    By Zack James Cole
    In the Lord’s Thanksgiving Supper, we are not served turkey, green bean casserole, and cornbread. We are served Christ.
    The Lord’s Thanksgiving

  12. Who Stole the Magic?

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    11/08/21
    11 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    Without the sacraments, God’s grace is simply an artifact behind a glass-case in a museum. We might be able to describe and even admire it, but we never get firsthand access to it.
    Who Stole the Magic?
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