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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/29/24

The Surpassing Certainty of God’s Love

More certain than death or taxes and more certain than “anything else in all creation” is the fact that God loves you.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
07/08/21

The Third Beatitude: The Meek Are Not Pushovers

The only one rightful heir of the kingdom of God, inherits from us, our cross, and descends into the kingdom of the damned.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/03/20

Taking Candy from Goliath

It's not always the giants, the obvious enemies, the clear battlefields that prove most exhausting and dangerous for us. It’s the ongoing, subtle, seductive, soul-gnawing smaller things in life that wear us down. What's a person to do?
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
04/09/20

I Thirst

Jesus is the continual unending fountain humanity desperately needs. And yet, here at the cross Jesus the Living Water is humiliated to the point where He cries out, “I thirst.”
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
02/06/20

A Cloud Full of Grace

They were righteous, but they were righteous because God declared it so. Just like us.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
10/31/19

Reformation Day: Hey Beggar, You're Free!

When we hear freedom, we have to ask about its opposite, bondage.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
10/13/19

Old Testament: Genesis 32:22-30 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

The Church Militant is under constant attack by the world, our flesh and the evil one. How do we contend against such powers? They are too strong for us, but there is One who has and continues to fight in our place on our behalf.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
08/15/19

Chasing After the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is not ours to hunt down; rather, we are the ones relentlessly pursued by the word of Christ.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
10/14/18

Gospel: Mark 10:23-31 (Proper 24: Series B)

The heart of a sermon on this text, therefore, would be fairly basic. God alone graciously saves. We, in response, do what the rich man didn’t do. We follow Jesus humbly. As we do so, we cling to the promises of eternal restoration.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/28/17

What is God's Will?

Even “our faith” is a gift from God’s fatherly hand. Our performance, desire, and perseverance do not factor into God’s will for us.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/24/16

Bible Verses That Haunt Me

The dying words of Jesus were not, “Make it worth it,” but “It is finished.”
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/04/14

The Illusion of Control

Focus on control and you’ll end up with nothing but confusion and frustration and disappointment. It’s not about who’s in control in this life but whose you are in this life.
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