1. The Crushed Serpent: the Believer’s Only Hope

    book
    08/15/22
    24 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    There is only one antidote to the venom of sin and death: the Savior who becomes the serpent so that every snake-bitten-sinner might live.
    The Crushed Serpent: the Believer’s Only Hope

  2. Trusting God in Trial

    book
    08/11/22
    27 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    To “trust in God in trial” means we fight our battles by kneeling and praying to “the Holy One of Israel,” who works out our deliverance by himself.
    Trusting God in Trial

  3. Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

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    07/20/22
    17 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self.
    Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

  4. Redemption

    book
    06/13/22
    25 mins
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    By Ron Hodel
    This week, we are grateful to publish a series of sermons from our beloved late Chaplain, Ron Hodel. This is the first installment of that series.
    Redemption

  5. Rustling Leaves and a Guilty Conscience

    book
    05/09/22
    12 mins
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    By Scott Landrum
    Make no mistake, sinners are in fact being pursued by a most hideous beast called sin, death, and the devil, unleashed and striking continuously.
    Rustling Leaves and a Guilty Conscience

  6. Getting the “Still Small Voice” All Wrong

    book
    05/04/22
    14 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Is the "still small voice" of God a murmuring in your heart, a whisper of conscience, the Universe whispering to you? When we explore 1 Kings 19, that "voice" turns out to be very much like the Messenger and Word of the Lord.
    Getting the “Still Small Voice” All Wrong

  7. Judas at Mass

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    05/02/22
    10 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    On May 2nd, Cantate Sunday, in the year 1507, Luther celebrated his first Mass.
    Judas at Mass

  8. A Review of the Psalms Commentary by James M. Hamilton, Jr.

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    04/20/22
    13 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Hamilton writes lucidly. He has that rare gift of walking the tightrope between the academy and the church, being able to communicate to both groups in the same book.
    A Review of the Psalms Commentary by James M. Hamilton, Jr.

  9. My God, My God, Why Have You ______ Me? Rethinking Psalm 22:1

    book
    04/15/22
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    The Messiah is exiled from God on the cross as Israel was. Forsaken as Israel was forsaken. Cast away from Yahweh as Israel was. Why?
    My God, My God, Why Have You ______ Me? Rethinking Psalm 22:1

  10. You Are Bloody Forgiven

    book
    04/14/22
    9 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Today, Maundy Thursday, we receive the feast of Christ’s true body and blood for us, for the forgiveness of our sins. All of them.
    You Are Bloody Forgiven

  11. 4 1/2 Hebrew Words To Know For Holy Week

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    04/06/22
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    The Lord sees the blood of the Lamb upon us, but does not merely pass over us in mercy. He passes into us by grace.
    4 1/2 Hebrew Words To Know For Holy Week

  12. The Lord’s Crumbs

    book
    03/28/22
    8 mins
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    By John Bortulin
    When you are stripped down to nothing, desperate, lowly, you will again know what she knows: the crumbs are enough, Jesus is enough, for you.
    The Lord’s Crumbs
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