1. Sacred Spaces and Holy Places

    book
    03/24/22
    9 mins
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    By Pete Lange
    Sometimes it’s important to go far away to learn of holy places back home.
    Sacred Spaces and Holy Places

  2. Fearless Repentance

    book
    03/10/22
    13 mins
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    By Kevin Hale
    When we own up to our sin, our Father is not scandalized, and his response is not to reconsider his calling us.
    Fearless Repentance

  3. I Don't Have the Answers, But I Have Hope

    book
    02/28/22
    15 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    There is perhaps no better observation about the nature of anxiety and depression than its fundamental desire for avoidance.
    I Don't Have the Answers, But I Have Hope

  4. Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

    book
    01/27/22
    13 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.
    Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

  5. Grace and Peace for Stubborn Sins

    book
    01/21/22
    8 mins
    read
    By Martin Luther
    Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.
    Grace and Peace for Stubborn Sins

  6. Remembering Those We've Lost During Christmas

    book
    01/05/22
    7 mins
    read
    By Steve Byrnes
    Christians do have a hope that those who sleep in death will be awakened and their joy will never end, and we yearn for that day.
    Remembering Those We've Lost During Christmas

  7. Stop Doing Good Works to God

    book
    01/03/22
    6 mins
    read
    By Martin Luther
    Faith should later again flow forth from our heart’s depths to our neighbor freely and unhindered in good works; not that we wish to rest our salvation in them; for God will not have that, but wishes the conscience to rest in himself alone.
    Stop Doing Good Works to God

  8. Peace that Divides

    book
    12/27/21
    10 mins
    read
    By Daniel Stenberg
    As Christians, we rest in the finished work of Christ on the cross, and we yearn for our neighbor to be reconciled to God, to know the peace that we are resting in.
    Peace that Divides

  9. The Light is Coming

    book
    12/25/21
    15 mins
    read
    By Luke Kjolhaug
    God’s candle is not so easily extinguished. His promise is not some vague light at the end of the tunnel that we may or may not reach. In fact, God’s light has a name: Jesus Christ.
    The Light is Coming

  10. O Bad Little Town of Bethlehem

    book
    12/10/21
    14 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    The early biblical stories about Bethlehem are dark and violent. They wreck us. They frighten us. In this little town, we see a microcosm of the vast and mangled mass of humanity, each individual thirsty for even a single bead of light to be dropped into the blackened depths of their souls. He who is born in Bethlehem is that Light.
    O Bad Little Town of Bethlehem

  11. When We Miscommunicate Our Prayers

    book
    11/11/21
    14 mins
    read
    By Katie Koplin
    We won’t use the right words, but the Holy Spirit is interceding with and for us, as we pray.
    When We Miscommunicate Our Prayers

  12. The Century of the Holy Spirit

    book
    10/29/21
    16 mins
    read
    By Magnus Persson
    The same Spirit who gives us his overabundant life has also given us doctrine. Scripture and Spirit cannot be put in opposition to each other.
    The Century of the Holy Spirit
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