The Assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Promise of Christian Suffering
By Caleb Keith
09/16/25
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The Assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Promise of Christian Suffering

Charlie Kirk’s murder is a reminder that Christians will be hated for what we believe, teach, and confess about this sinful world and because of the God who has died and risen to save it.
The Most Important Theological Writing Ever Turns 1700 Years Old
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
09/15/25

The Most Important Theological Writing Ever Turns 1700 Years Old

The Nicene Creed is the gospel distilled—a refined and concentrated byproduct of Scripture’s own witness to the grace and power of God in Jesus Christ.
The Deliverer Who Doesn't Run Away
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
09/12/25

The Deliverer Who Doesn't Run Away

Nothing good happens when you get ahead of God and take matters into your own hands.

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John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/10/23

Resurrection Life for Resurrection People

The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
04/12/23

If Christ has not been raised, the Dead in Christ are Lost

If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
01/27/23

I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
11/25/22

As We Wait for Them

While the world is full of horizons and endpoints, for Christians, there is always tomorrow, and there are people in that tomorrow waiting for us as we wait for them.
Laura Bauer
Laura Bauer
11/23/22

I wanted you to be here too

We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
11/12/22

Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

That is the task of preaching in these last weeks of the Church Year, to enable the people given to our care, to praise God from the perspective of the end when our Lord will return in glory bringing us into His Kingdom of glory.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
11/12/22

Epistles: Colossians 1:13-20 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

The epistle text from Colossians 1 declares how the great drama of redemption and human history ends.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/30/22

Epistle: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 13-17 (Pentecost 22: Series C)

Whatever else may be said about the Last Day it consists of these two inseparable things: Christ’s coming and His kingdom people being gathered to Him.
David Clay
David Clay
09/05/22

Forgiveness without God

Increasingly, to forgive is seen as winking at evil, as shrugging one’s moral shoulders, and as being complicit.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/25/22

The Day We Buried Our Son

We did not say “Goodbye” to our son on the day of his burial. We said, “Luke, we’ll see you soon.”
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
08/14/22

Old Testament: Isaiah 66:18-23 (Pentecost 11: Series C)

As is often the case in Scripture, creation is about a renewed, restored, and redeemed relationship with the Creator.
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.
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