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Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
03/07/24

Be the Church - Law or Gospel?

We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/17/23

More Than You Can Handle

God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
12/24/22

Epistle: Galatians 4:4-7 (Christmas 1: Series A)

Why is it important for us to confess and remember the virgin birth? It is important because of its place within the total story of redemption.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
09/25/21

Old Testament: Genesis 2:18-25 (Pentecost 19: Series B )

Man and woman together are complete. Apart, they are incomplete. The two correspond and form “one flesh” when combined in sexual relationships and as helpmates.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/26/21

Catching Jesus' Ear

As a parent listens for the cry of a hurting child, our heavenly Father waits for our cry of weal and woe.
Brad Soenksen
Brad Soenksen
10/06/20

The Junk Room

Because Jesus sacrificed Himself for us sinners, God calls us to open the door of our junk rooms and receive His forgiveness.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/04/20

Dialogical Preaching or Not

In the pursuit of democratizing the worship experience, we go from hearing the voice of God to hearing voices and in some cases hearing our own voice!
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
05/20/20

Project Car Christianity

Is this Christianity? Is this what the Bible describes as the gospel? Is the Christian life? A partnership with God where we fix up our old man? The simple answer is no.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/22/19

Pre-Packaged Sermons

Matters of integrity and relationship are compromised when pastors preach pre-packed sermon series.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/05/19

Sour Grapes & Stale Crackers

The communion service is a sermon in and of itself. The communion sermon is that which most expressly tells us of the sinless One who stands in the sinner’s stead.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/30/16

Dear Church: The World Needs a Cross Not a Pacifier

Why was Jesus crucified? Not to save victims, but to save sinners.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
02/05/16

The Uses of the Divine Law

By Philip Melanchthon (from the 1535 Loci Communes), translated by Scott L. Keith, Ph.D.
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