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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.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
04/15/25

From Eden to Easter: Wandering in the Wilderness

This is the second installment in our series, From Eden to Easter: Life and Death in the Garden. Each day throughout Holy Week, we will take a special look at the gardens and wildernesses of Scripture, and in particular, these scenes' connections to Christ's redemption won for us on the cross.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/06/24

Hannah and the Divine Upending of Grace

The Lord did for Hannah what he loves to do: he shifted everything into reverse, making the bottom the top and the top the bottom.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/14/22

For Those Who Feel Unseen

Men and women are all caught in the universal machine of suffering that chews people up and spits them out. And in their respective griefs and fears, they are all wondering if God sees them, hears them, knows them.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
01/27/21

Why Does Our God Have Many Names?

From the womb to the tomb, from the cradle to the grave, Jesus’ name defines and describes who he is and what he is all about.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/25/19

We Are More Than the Skeletons in Our Closet

Infamy allows us the opportunity to hone one of our favorite skills: to shrink a 343-page life story down to a single paragraph that narrates what happened on one day, at a certain hour, and in a certain location. We can whittle an entire biography down to a single Tweet.
Jake Allstaedt
Jake Allstaedt
09/28/18

It Never Depended Upon You

I visited a senior man at his home the other day. I'll refer to him as “Jim.”
David Rufner
David Rufner
07/21/17

The Devil’s Music?

Those clinging to God in Christ can be assured that it’s all clean.
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
04/25/17

Prove It

Show me. If I’m going to believe, I need to be convinced—on my terms.
Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
05/12/16

Islam and the Divine Fox in Europe

Hus was burned at the stake in his early 40s, Luther lived to a fairly ripe, old age, but why?
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
11/02/15

How to Be Ready for the End of the World

You know what used to be easy? Going places. It’s true. When I was younger if somebody called me up on the spot and asked me to come over, I literally could say, “Alright, I’ll be right over,” and it was accurate.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/30/15

God’s First Words: “Let There Be…Gospel”

First words may be simple, but they affirm a deep, abiding truth.
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