By Luke Kjolhaug

10/16/26

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Grace is Not an Excuse

In Jesus, God acted first, even when we were dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:5).

Chad Bird

10/13/26

Jesus Is God: The Old Testament Says So

Yahweh who is pierced and mourned in prophecy is Jesus who is pierced and mourned in fulfillment.

John W. Hoyum

10/09/26

World Mission and Inner Mission

There is indeed a responsibility for the church to share the gospel in the world, but never at the expense of the church’s charity and mercy for those neighbors who are nearby.

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Ryan Couch

02/05/26

Fear is Dividing Us

Ultimately, Scripture does not confront fear with commands. It confronts fear with a promise.

Donavon Riley

01/28/26

Why Christian Tradition? Why Absolution and Mercy

This is the third in a series meant to let the Christian tradition speak for itself, the way it has carried Christians through long winters, confusion, and joy for centuries.

Bradley Gray

01/27/26

God’s Way Through the Wilderness

The Lord himself comes to us to lead us out of the land of sin and death with his strong, nail-pierced hands.

Caleb Keith

01/26/26

Christ is Our Fulfillment

Fulfillment can sound awkward as a title or name, but it is one of the most prominent proclamations concerning Christ found in the New Testament.

Donavon Riley

01/21/26

Why Christian Tradition? Why Confession

Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.

Bradley Gray

01/13/26

The God Who Gives Us All We Need

His provision always flows downward, furnishing and filling us with his grace and truth right where we are.

Donavon Riley

01/09/26

Why Christian Tradition? Why the Liturgy

This is the first in a series meant to let the Christian tradition speak for itself, the way it has carried Christians through long winters, confusion, and joy for centuries.

Russ Lackey

01/05/26

Wake Up Dead Man: A Word Worth Saving for Lent

Wake Up Dead Man is not ultimately a story about mystery, exposure, or even justice. It is a story about what happens when mercy speaks to death—and death listens.

Donavon Riley

12/19/25

A Christmas Message for Contemporary Pagans

To know the cure is not to become immune to sorrow.

Matthew L. Rubinstein

12/05/25

Death and the Maiden

It is death that deserves derision, not the disciple who reaches through sorrow for his Lord.

Adam Francisco

12/03/25

Did the Church Replace Israel?

The unity of God’s people is grounded not in lineage nor land but in the promise of the coming Christ.

Bradley Gray

11/25/25

A Review of The Well That Washes What it Shows by Jonathan Linebaugh

“The well that washes what it shows” captures the essence of Linebaugh’s project, which aims to give the paradigmatic law-gospel hermeneutic a colloquial and visual language.

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