Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside
By Bradley Gray
10/28/26
19mins

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.
The Other History of Feminism
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
10/27/26

The Other History of Feminism

Christianity does not locate freedom in radical autonomy. It does not tell either men or women that happiness consists in escaping obligations arising from relationships we did not entirely choose.
Christ Died for Losers: Confessions of a Padres Fan
Russ Lackey
Russ Lackey
10/26/26

Christ Died for Losers: Confessions of a Padres Fan

Jesus never promised me a World Series championship. He never promised that my children would always succeed or that life would go according to plan. He promised something better.

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Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
09/20/23

Death, Taxes, and Baseball

We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale
08/30/23

The Inner Ring

The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller
07/21/23

Idolatry in Living Color

We may not all be mass-murdering Nazis. But we all have the same root sin that causes the most egregious criminal activity on the face of the earth. We all have the desire to be our own God.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/17/23

More Than You Can Handle

God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller
05/10/23

C.F.W. Walther: Preacher of the Gospel

Walther’s living legacy is his enduring teaching on how to distinguish the law and the gospel in the Church’s proclamation.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
04/05/23

We Do Not Know the Man

What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
01/31/23

Remembered and Redeemed

Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
01/03/23

What If My Dreams Don't Come True?

The nefarious thing about idolatry is that just about anything can become your idol: career, family, fame, wealth, status, spouse, you name it, any good thing can become a ‘god-thing” with ease. 
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/13/22

Malachi Prepares the Way for Jesus

The lesson of Malachi reveals God’s love for his people. When the people ask for proof of God’s love, he reminds them of their election.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
11/12/22

Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

That is the task of preaching in these last weeks of the Church Year, to enable the people given to our care, to praise God from the perspective of the end when our Lord will return in glory bringing us into His Kingdom of glory.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
11/12/22

Epistles: Colossians 1:13-20 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

The epistle text from Colossians 1 declares how the great drama of redemption and human history ends.
Jay Sawrie
Jay Sawrie
11/07/22

Adverbial vs. Prepositional Theology: What's the Difference?

Weak faith in a strong Christ is still saving faith.
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