The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements

By Scott Keith

07/16/25

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The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements

The IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.

Bradley Gray

07/15/25

Faith That Waits

Chapter 3 of Habakkuk, which is often referred to as “the Psalm of Habakkuk,” is a song of catharsis, relief, faith, and profound emotion.

What Makes a Saint? A Saint Is Held By Promise

Erick Sorensen

07/14/25

What Makes a Saint? A Saint Is Held By Promise

God doesn’t just simply give you all the things. He does so because his very own Son came down and earned all the things for you.

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David Schmitt

02/12/22

Gospel: Luke 6:27-38 (Epiphany 7: Series C)

By listing a series of situations in rapid succession, Jesus overwhelms us with how practical, how real, how tangible, how concrete, how utterly achievable life in the kingdom can be.

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.

Jeffrey Pulse

02/05/22

Old Testament: Jeremiah 17:5-8 (Epiphany 6: Series C)

The question the pericope begs us to contemplate is not whether the heart trusts or believes, but rather, what does the heart trust and believe in.

Justin Rossow

02/05/22

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15:1-20 (Epiphany 6: Series C)

The foundation of the faith Paul wants you to cling to is not an abstract principle, but a human body: the human body of Jesus, that once was a corpse, and now is alive forever more.

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.

John W. Hoyum

02/04/22

Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer

An immense amount of ink has been spilled contesting and interpreting Bonhoeffer's significance as a figure of Christian history and a theologian of the church.

Jeffrey Pulse

01/30/22

Old Testament: Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13) (Epiphany 5: Series C)

Isaiah finds himself in the presence of the living God—the Holy One. This is a terrifying situation because Isaiah knows full well that the unholy cannot endure the presence of the Holy.

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.

Justin Rossow

01/30/22

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 14:12b-20 (Epiphany 5: Series C)

Paul imagines a time when we are no longer immature children, seeking to show off spiritually, but instead demonstrating the maturity that comes from edifying others.

Ken Sundet Jones

01/28/22

Thomas Aquinas: The Doctor of the Church

Aquinas would craft a systematic theology that did with the matter of faith what Aristotle had done with the natural world.

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.

John Bombaro

01/24/22

Jesus' Transfiguration and Disfiguration

If we think God’s power, love and beauty are reserved merely for the glories of Transfiguration, then we have not understood the Father; we have not understood divine revelation.

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