By Bradley Gray

05/15/25

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Why We Worship

“The fear of the Lord” is our heart’s awakening to and recognition of God’s outrageous goodness.

Sam P. Schuldheisz

05/14/25

Surprised by Easter

The women at the tomb were surprised by Easter. Amazed and filled with wonder at Jesus' Easter eucatastrophe. And so are we.

Becoming Better People, An Excerpt from Sinner Saint: A Suprising Primer to the Christian Life

Luke Kjolhaug

05/13/25

Becoming Better People, An Excerpt from Sinner Saint: A Suprising Primer to the Christian Life

This is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in Sinner Saint: A Surprising Primer to the Christian Life (1517 Publishing, 2025). Sinner Saint is available today from 1517 Publishing.

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Wade Johnston

02/09/22

Test the Spirits

The language of faith speaks promise and persecution, hope and trial, victory and pain. The language of the world may well speak the former, but rarely the latter.

Martin Luther

02/08/22

What the Law Can and Can't Do

God’s design in the Law is to enable man to know himself; to perceive the false and unjustified state of his heart; to discover how far he is from God and to disdain his own goodness.

Bradley Gray

02/07/22

Mercy for the Mephibosheths

Mephibosheth’s story is a living parable of the gospel. It reeks of redemption, demonstrating precisely what Christ does for even the chiefest of sinners.

David Schmitt

02/05/22

Gospel: Luke 6:17-26 (Epiphany 6: Series C)

Jesus curses our cultural expectations. He says "woe" to those who are rich, satisfied, joyful, and praised. The good life of our world is not good for discipleship.

Luke Kjolhaug

02/03/22

Victims & Villains

The world we inhabit is wrong in so many ways, and a holistic approach to this “wrongness” traces its cause both to sin itself and to the effects of sin.

David Schmitt

01/30/22

Gospel: Luke 5:1-11 (Epiphany 5: Series C)

The miraculous catch of fish happens not just once in the ministry of Jesus but twice. And, interestingly this miracle happens twice to the same person. Simon Peter.

Bruce Hillman

01/27/22

Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.

Donavon Riley

01/26/22

God's Mercy Never Dries Up

Our hope is God's mercy. It's like a well that never dries up. His mercies were there before he created us. They are present for us today.

Bradley Gray

01/25/22

The Gods We Make vs. the God We Need

Even for idolatrous sellouts like you and me, God’s position has not changed. Even though we may have forgotten him, he never forgets us.

Dan Weber

01/23/22

Gospel: Luke 4:31-44 (Epiphany 4: Series C)

The same Christ we proclaim to the people in our pews is the same Christ who is for those not in our pews.

John Bombaro

01/22/22

Preaching Justification and Regeneration Together

Justification and regeneration are, therefore, necessarily connected and have profound implications upon the craft of preaching.

Martin Luther

01/21/22

Grace and Peace for Stubborn Sins

Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.

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