What Makes A Saint: A Saint Suffers
By Seth Moorman
06/30/25
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What Makes A Saint: A Saint Suffers

This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
Tongues of Fire & Breath of God
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/27/25

Tongues of Fire & Breath of God

The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.
Dignity is not Enough: Thinking Biblically About Assisted Dying
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
06/26/25

Dignity is not Enough: Thinking Biblically About Assisted Dying

I always imagined dying a faithful death for Christ would mean burning at the stake. Now, I suspect it will mean dying in my bed of natural causes.

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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/05/22

Why Not Diapers and Casseroles Instead of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh?

Couldn't Mary and Joseph have used more practical gifts? Why did the magi bring such unusual presents to the Christ Child? And how do these Gentiles fit into this very Jewish part of Matthew's Gospel? Let's ask some Old Testament prophets and poets for the answer.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
01/04/22

Why We Sing at Christmas

The church’s song goes on and on, singing and ringing down to us today.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
01/01/22

Circumcision of Our Lord

Christ has received the mark of law that we might be marked with the gospel, with the sign of his holy cross on our heads and hearts as redeemed children of God.
Brad Soenksen
Brad Soenksen
12/31/21

Heaven Came Down

This Christmas season we are thankful that even though we “fallers” are unable to climb up to God, he came down the ladder to us.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/31/21

The Key to the Ear of Jesus and the Meaning of His Hebrew Name

The angel was very specific when he told Mary and Joseph to name the boy, Jesus. Why? What is the Hebrew background and meaning of his name? And how does knowing his name give us the key to his ear?
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
12/30/21

The Name of Jesus

While the world and other religions might be fine with considering him everything but, the foremost thing our Jesus came to be and still remains is Jesus, Savior.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/30/21

A Two-Faced Look at the Coming New Year

Buried deep in our human psyche, there seems to be more than a need—almost a necessity—to celebrate the arrival of a new year. It’s like an unspoken, unlegislated cultural demand, as instinctual as moving to music or smiling at a newborn. Why? What deep human need is at work here?
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
12/29/21

Christmas and the Theology of Gift

Love turns out to be not simply a thing or action, but a characteristic of God himself.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
12/28/21

The Shepherds' Witness

The shepherds are the most unlikely people to play the role the angels cast them in.
Daniel Stenberg
Daniel Stenberg
12/27/21

Peace that Divides

As Christians, we rest in the finished work of Christ on the cross, and we yearn for our neighbor to be reconciled to God, to know the peace that we are resting in.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
12/25/21

Gospel: Luke 2:40-52 (Christmas 2: Series C)

The episode of the boy Jesus in the Temple raises questions. It raised questions for Mary (and Joseph) and it raises questions for us.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
12/23/21

Christmas in Isaiah: A Child and a Son

Let us ponder the Son, the precious Son of God, given as a ransom and sacrifice for us, that we too might be called children of God.
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