1. Ice Baths for Lost Sheep

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    06/27/23
    7 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
    Ice Baths for Lost Sheep

  2. One Word

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    06/22/23
    10 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
    One Word

  3. A Departure to Celebrate

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    06/21/23
    6 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
    A Departure to Celebrate

  4. Plagiarizing Jesus Part 2: The Lord's Prayer as Catechesis

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    06/05/23
    15 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
    Plagiarizing Jesus Part 2: The Lord's Prayer as Catechesis

  5. Why Do You Expect So Little of God?

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    06/01/23
    11 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
    Why Do You Expect So Little of God?

  6. Confessions of a Tim Keller Name-Dropper

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    05/23/23
    13 mins
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    By Erick Sorensen
    Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
    Confessions of a Tim Keller Name-Dropper

  7. A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

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    05/03/23
    17 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
    A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

  8. You're a Horse

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    04/27/23
    12 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
    You're a Horse

  9. A Strange Easter Morning

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    04/24/23
    9 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
    A Strange Easter Morning

  10. What's in a Name?

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    04/21/23
    26 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
    What's in a Name?

  11. An Excerpt from Any Given Sunday

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    04/18/23
    6 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
    An Excerpt from Any Given Sunday

  12. A Review of "Torahism: Are Christians Required to Keep the Law of Moses?" by R.L Solberg

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    04/18/23
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Only by accurately and honestly reporting the views of those with whom we disagree can we then properly address and refute them. This is the approach Solberg has taken.
    A Review of
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