Inception and the Paradox of Grace
By Bradley Gray
07/09/25
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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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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
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Only Christ, Not OnlyFans

We don’t flinch at sin. We speak Christ into it.
What Makes a Saint: A Saint is a Sinner
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
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What Makes a Saint: A Saint is a Sinner

One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.

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Pete Lange
Pete Lange
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Mere Christianity at 70

Armed with great analogies, airtight logic, and razor sharp wit, Lewis keeps you spellbound from one chapter to another as you find yourself going “further up and further in.”
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
05/15/22

Gospel: John 16:23-33 (Easter 6: Series C)

Jesus opens for us a way to walk through suffering and to sing our song of salvation as we talk to our heavenly Father.
Scott Landrum
Scott Landrum
05/09/22

Rustling Leaves and a Guilty Conscience

Make no mistake, sinners are in fact being pursued by a most hideous beast called sin, death, and the devil, unleashed and striking continuously.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
05/08/22

Gospel: John 16:12-22 (Easter 5: Series C)

What we have in our reading is a picture of how God deals with a lack of understanding.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
05/06/22

God Has Swallowed Death, Whose Belly Christ Has Burst

Nothing stands against you. Only Christ stands now, and he is for you, more for you than you could ever know, for you like nothing else that has ever loved you.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
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Gospel: John 10:22-30 (Easter 4: Series C)

Today, Jesus comes as your Good Shepherd. You recognize His voice.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
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Becoming Human Again

What the gospel promises is not escape from our humanity, but resurrection from the dead.
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
04/25/22

Do the Words of Baptism Matter?

To give us God’s name, the name that is above every name, Christ gave us the exact words to say at baptism: the name of the triune God who is three persons, one God: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
04/24/22

Gospel: John 21:1-19 (Easter 3: Series C)

The days after Easter are strange. We are slowly returning to our patterns of Church life and family life after the festivities of Easter. Yet, we need to be careful we do not become too comfortable.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
04/23/22

Funeral Preaching

Salutary funeral preaching seeks to set the life of the baptized believer who has died within the life of Christ incarnate, crucified, risen, and reigning.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/21/22

Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

I want the beginning of my funeral to be focused on Jesus, as well as the middle, the end, and every point in between.
1517 Publishing
1517 Publishing
04/19/22

A Q&A for "A Shepherd's Letter"

History won’t judge us, Jesus will. We already have his judgment. He gave it to us from the cross, where he acquitted us with his death.
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