By Bradley Gray

07/09/25

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Inception and the Paradox of Grace

Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

Donavon Riley

07/08/25

Only Christ, Not OnlyFans

We don’t flinch at sin. We speak Christ into it.

Daniel Emery Price

07/07/25

What Makes a Saint: A Saint is a Sinner

One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.

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Kathy Morales

08/11/20

The Breath of Forgiveness

Jesus continues to breathe His gifts on His beloved. He continues to breathe absolution upon sinners like me and you, He continues to fill us with the Holy Spirit and all His comfort.

Gretchen Ronnevik

08/07/20

Disappointing People

Sometimes I think I've gone through the whole forgiveness process, but forgiveness for me often feels like I'm weeding my garden. I forgive and another offense pops up.

Gerhard Forde

07/30/20

The Radical Gospel

There is no justification except by faith alone. The radical forgiveness itself puts the old to death and calls forth the new.

Haroldo Camacho

07/29/20

Tell Him Not to Yell at Me

He is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters, even as we curse and yell at him for not pleasing us with our pettish wishes.

Chad Bird

07/28/20

Our Precious Sins We Don’t Want God to Forgive

There is a repentance that is anti-repentance, for it clings tightly to the sin over which it sorrows, because in that sorrow is its consolation. In this warped spiritual scheme, our anguish is atonement; shame is our absolution; tears are our baptism. We feel better knowing how bad we feel about our wrongs. But there is a much better way.

Haroldo Camacho

07/24/20

We Didn't Know What Was in the Backpack

He is our gold. He is our pure garment. He is our healing. He is our sanity. He is our wholeness.

Martin Luther

07/20/20

Moses For The Old Man

Christ presents to us such liberty, so that we as Christians according to our faith may tolerate no other master, but only hold that we are baptized and called unto Christ, and through him have become justified and sanctified.

Ken Sundet Jones

07/16/20

Unimagined Freedom and Forgiveness in Hamilton

In the quiet of your own uptown, where your own sins bear down on you and create a troubled conscience before the world, before others, and before God, your Lord reaches across the chasm of brokenness to take your hand.

Donavon Riley

07/15/20

Gospel Comfortable or Gospel Comfort?

The good news of Jesus Christ guides us into godly worship, not self-worship.

Pete Lange

07/06/20

The Secrets Are In The Dirt

The disciplines of history and archaeology have assisted in demonstrating the integrity and accuracy of the Bible.

Steven A. Hein

07/02/20

Edward John Carnell: Defender of the Faith

Using common everyday events, Carnell sought to clarify that there are three standards of duty that we demand others to respect to protect our dignity.

Kelsi Klembara

06/17/20

A Word from the God of Comfort

Before you object that what we need is change - not salvation - let me remind you that our shouts for change are evidence of our need for a savior.

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