Peace Be With You
By Jason Oakland
07/11/25
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Peace Be With You

‘Peace’ means “I have forgiven all those sins against me.”
An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
07/10/25

An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress

This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 6-9.
Inception and the Paradox of Grace
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/09/25

Inception and the Paradox of Grace

Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
02/05/20

God's Description In Two Words

I venture to assert I have never read, in the entire Scriptures, words more beautifully expressive of the grace of God than these two children words.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/04/20

God Doesn't Love Everyone the Same

Whoever you are, your Father loves you differently than he loves other people. You are more than a grain of sand in the vast desert called humanity.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
12/26/19

The End is in Sight

We think that if we are good enough, brave enough, or at least if we try hard enough, we will be someone who can be both fully known and fully loved.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
12/23/19

Where All Men Are At Home

Christmas is, therefore, the beginning of Christ’s earthly ministry, even while he awaits a number of years to gather his disciples and inaugurate his preaching of the kingdom.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/23/19

The Promises of Advent: Resurrected

The promise of Advent is the promise of the lamb slain, who is born and given for us so that we don’t have to fear sin, death, and hell.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
12/23/19

Bright Valley of Love: A Story for Preachers as Advent Turns Toward Christmas

‘What’s so great about Christmas?” That is the question which the preacher must answer!
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
12/20/19

The Promises of Advent: Suffered and Died

Should we really be surprised that it would happen this way, that the servant would suffer for our salvation and die for our forgiveness?
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
12/18/19

Silent Night

One gloomy, silent night, God stepped into our darkness. The Word had not only spoken but was now made flesh.
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
12/18/19

Jesus Is Coming to Town

Jesus does not come to see how we will welcome Him. He does not come to make a list of who is bad or good because there is no list. Only a book of life. And He has come to write our names in that book.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
12/16/19

The Promises of Advent: Born in the Midst of Suffering

While we do not have an answer, we do have a promise. A promise given to us by a God whose one and only Son was himself slaughtered by those terrified of losing their power.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
12/16/19

Breaking Taboo: Mary and Advent Sermons

Preach the full council of God even as it focuses on the Virgin Mary who was the virginal handmaid of the Lord and through whom Immanuel, “God with us,” happens.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
12/16/19

Gospel: Matthew 1:18-25 (Advent 4: Series A)

Unlike Luke, who provides most of the parts for the children’s program (the shepherds, the angel hosts, the innkeeper, and the animals), Matthew’s version is rated “M” for mature.
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