The Shroud of Turin…Again
By Adam Francisco
09/22/25
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The Shroud of Turin…Again

Even if the Shroud were proven a medieval forgery, it would only highlight the skill of its maker. The case for Christ’s resurrection rests on eyewitness testimony.
The Shepherd Who Sees Our Stains
Aaron Boerst
Aaron Boerst
09/19/25

The Shepherd Who Sees Our Stains

God leads us to green pastures. He comforts us with his grace in our darkest valleys.
Spiritual But Not Useless
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
09/18/25

Spiritual But Not Useless

Christian spirituality is not a flight from the world, but a deep dive into its brokenness.

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John T. Pless
John T. Pless
06/05/22

Preaching Trinity Sunday

The celebration of Trinity Sunday–the only church festival specifically dedicated to a doctrine–reminds us of the necessity of confessing that the one God exists in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Katie Koplin
Katie Koplin
05/31/22

Everything Your Kid Needs to Know

The list of things our kids need to know when they leave the house is much simpler than we might believe.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/30/22

Trusting in What You Cannot See

In the face of abject evil, these two faithfully cling to the words and truths of he alone who is Good, Jehovah God.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
05/27/22

What We See in the Cross is Love

If you want something empty, the tomb is the way to go. The point of the manger is that Jesus was in it. The point of the cross is that Jesus was on it.
Steve Kruschel
Steve Kruschel
05/26/22

A Fortress in the Face of Violence

Your loving Lord is not oblivious to your pain and sadness.
Mariah Coward
Mariah Coward
05/25/22

True Connection through Christ

I trust that because of the gospel, God will continue to mend what I, in my sin, continue to break.
Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
05/24/22

The Problem With I

There is someone outside of I, someone outside of you, that our faith and hope is in.
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
05/23/22

Absolve Yourself!

Jesus does not put us on trial and make us pay for our own sin, but he, himself, is put on trial in our place.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
05/20/22

A Place that Knows Me

We worry about the fact our days are as grass – so we try to scratch out a place for ourselves, to make a permanent, lasting place, to climb to higher places and succeed, more often than not, only to hurt each other in the process.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/19/22

How God Made Mary a Theologian of the Cross

The point Luther made, again and again, was that distance between God and sinners is collapsed when the crucified Christ himself comes to sinners through a preacher.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/17/22

The Judge and the Judgment

God's Son comes to deal with the infestation of sin, but in an unforeseen twist of grace, he’s the only one who goes under the knife.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
05/13/22

Catechizing Your Imagination

God’s gifts, in turn, conform our minds to the mind of Christ, and catechize our imagination in the image of God’s Son.
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