1. How to Define Christian Community

    book
    10/25/22
    10 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
    How to Define Christian Community

  2. 1 John 5:1-4: Faith, Love, & the Family of God

    book
    10/21/22
    11 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
    1 John 5:1-4: Faith, Love, & the Family of God

  3. 1 John 4:15-21: Staying In Love

    book
    10/14/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Erick Sorensen
    The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
    1 John 4:15-21: Staying In Love

  4. We Cannot Serve God and Mammon

    book
    10/11/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
    We Cannot Serve God and Mammon

  5. The Most Famous Person You Have Never Heard Of

    book
    10/10/22
    15 mins
    read
    By Tyler Cronkright
    Paul calls them the fruits of the Spirit after all
    The Most Famous Person You Have Never Heard Of

  6. What is the Gospel?

    book
    10/05/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Zack James Cole
    We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
    What is the Gospel?

  7. 1 John 4:1-6: The Only True Confession

    book
    09/30/22
    10 mins
    read
    By Kelsi Klembara
    Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
    1 John 4:1-6: The Only True Confession

  8. Long Has She Reigned Over Us: The Death of Queen Elizabeth II and the Dignity of Duty

    book
    09/09/22
    23 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    “There,” the Queen said, “That’s so much better than talking, isn’t it?”
    Long Has She Reigned Over Us: The Death of Queen Elizabeth II and the Dignity of Duty

  9. Forgiveness without God

    book
    09/05/22
    10 mins
    read
    By David Clay
    Increasingly, to forgive is seen as winking at evil, as shrugging one’s moral shoulders, and as being complicit.
    Forgiveness without God

  10. Sermon on Luke 11:24–26

    book
    08/25/22
    8 mins
    read
    By Gerhard Forde
    Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
    Sermon on Luke 11:24–26

  11. 1 John 1:5-10: The Reality of the Light

    book
    08/12/22
    15 mins
    read
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    God is consistently rooting us in reality—both what is seen and unseen—because that is where he is.
    1 John 1:5-10: The Reality of the Light

  12. The Failure of the Modern Apologist

    book
    08/03/22
    10 mins
    read
    By Cindy Koch
    Our challenge today is to inspire trust and curiosity so this generation will openly ask the question, who speaks the words of truth?
    The Failure of the Modern Apologist
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