When Pastors Are Abused by Their Congregations
By Donavon Riley
10/01/25
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When Pastors Are Abused by Their Congregations

This article is the first part of a two-part series. The second part will take a look at when pastors abuse their congregations.
An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 123 and Psalm 136
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/30/25

An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 123 and Psalm 136

The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s new book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 311 and 335
St. Michael, Defender of God’s People
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
09/29/25

St. Michael, Defender of God’s People

Why did the church dedicate a day to St. Michael anyway? Who is he, and what does he do?

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
01/01/21

Our Sufficiency is From God

Any good work we perform among you; any doctrine we write upon your heart – that is God’s own work.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
12/30/20

Inspiration from Mr. Rogers about Coping with a Pandemic

Fred Rogers did not teach children how to live through a pandemic, but he had many profound things to say about loving our neighbors and finding our identity in that calling.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
12/27/20

Silvester and Year’s End in Pandemic

As we close out an old year, Saint Silvester can remind us God is the Lord of history and He has used and is using even people whose lives sink largely or totally into obscurity to keep the confession of our faith in Jesus Christ alive.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
12/20/20

It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas: Revisiting Martin Luther’s Christmas Book

Luther’s Christmas sermons remind us that unless Christ is proclaimed FOR YOU, He is not preached.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
12/17/20

Waiting with Hannah

Hannah’s story is the story of God’s great reversal.
Sam Leanza Ortiz
Sam Leanza Ortiz
12/14/20

Surviving the Dark Night: St John of the Cross

St John of the Cross' feast day on December 14 commemorates the day of his death in 1591, at the height of the Catholic renewal movement that followed the Reformation.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
12/08/20

The Gospel and the Tramp

It wasn’t a perfect image, but it was still there, even in its cartoonish movie magic distortion. It was an element of the Gospel right there in front of me.
Delwyn Campbell
Delwyn Campbell
12/03/20

For Those Who Wait: Abraham

Many of us have experienced what it feels like to wait and to remain patient this year. This Advent, we are reminded of how the saints before us experienced similar feelings of uncertainty, need, and hopeful expectation as they awaited - both faithfully and unfaithfully - for God to fulfill his promises.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
11/26/20

Happy Thanksgiving, Now and Then

We are given, so we give thanks, and we give thanks by giving.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/24/20

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

Trusting Jesus, worshipping our Christ, and praising him, we have the blessing of God so that we can give thanks with a grateful heart for everything he gives to us today and always.
Sarah Crowder
Sarah Crowder
11/23/20

Filled with Thankfulness for the Word of God

Like Luther and like Hannah, we also receive God’s promise.
Andrew Foss
Andrew Foss
11/23/20

You Are Forgiven

Where there’s more sin, there’s more grace! Are you comfortable with that? That the greater the sin, the greater the grace? Could it be that easy?
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