By Steven Paulson

09/23/26

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Psalm 15: Who Abides in God?

David finally found the truth that it was not his seed of kingship but the promise made to Abraham that made him holy. From that, David refused to be moved and wrote this Psalm by the necessity of the Spirit as the assurance of faith. The law never made a man holy, not even one as robust as David; yet faith did this great thing without lifting a finger.

Paulson on the Psalms

Political Polarization and Cultural Christianity

John W. Hoyum

09/18/26

Political Polarization and Cultural Christianity

Today, the longing for cultural Christianity on both the left and the right hearkens back to an older version of Christendom that was a mixed blessing for the church in the western world. The cultural mediation of Christian views on created order has certainly benefitted the civilization we’ve inherited. But the gospel itself isn’t something that can be reduced to cultural mediation either. Instead, the gospel as a message stands apart from all human accomplishments and achievements, no matter how beneficial they might be.

Adam Francisco

09/15/26

Josephus on Jesus

Josephus does not tell us that Christianity is true, and Christians do not need Josephus to tell them that Christ is risen. But Christianity makes claims about things that happened in public history under identifiable rulers, priests, and governors. For that reason, testimony from outside the church matters.

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Martin Luther

08/19/20

Lost Coins, Lost Sheep and Covering the Harlot

A truly Christian work is it that we descend and get mixed up in the mire of the sinner, taking his sin upon ourselves and floundering out of it with him, not acting otherwise than as if his sin were our own.

Wade Johnston

08/17/20

Justification and the Sinner-Saint

This is an excerpt adapted from “Let the Bird Fly” written by Wade Johnston (1517 Publishing, 2019).

Kathy Morales

08/11/20

The Breath of Forgiveness

Jesus continues to breathe His gifts on His beloved. He continues to breathe absolution upon sinners like me and you, He continues to fill us with the Holy Spirit and all His comfort.

Gretchen Ronnevik

08/07/20

Disappointing People

Sometimes I think I've gone through the whole forgiveness process, but forgiveness for me often feels like I'm weeding my garden. I forgive and another offense pops up.

Gerhard Forde

07/30/20

The Radical Gospel

There is no justification except by faith alone. The radical forgiveness itself puts the old to death and calls forth the new.

Haroldo Camacho

07/29/20

Tell Him Not to Yell at Me

He is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters, even as we curse and yell at him for not pleasing us with our pettish wishes.

Chad Bird

07/28/20

Our Precious Sins We Don’t Want God to Forgive

There is a repentance that is anti-repentance, for it clings tightly to the sin over which it sorrows, because in that sorrow is its consolation. In this warped spiritual scheme, our anguish is atonement; shame is our absolution; tears are our baptism. We feel better knowing how bad we feel about our wrongs. But there is a much better way.

Haroldo Camacho

07/24/20

We Didn't Know What Was in the Backpack

He is our gold. He is our pure garment. He is our healing. He is our sanity. He is our wholeness.

Philip Bartelt

07/23/20

Luther and the Leipzig Debate

Both Hus and Luther arrived at the same conclusion: neither councils nor the pope had final authority in the church. Headship in the church belongs solely to Christ.

Martin Luther

07/20/20

Moses For The Old Man

Christ presents to us such liberty, so that we as Christians according to our faith may tolerate no other master, but only hold that we are baptized and called unto Christ, and through him have become justified and sanctified.

Ken Sundet Jones

07/16/20

Unimagined Freedom and Forgiveness in Hamilton

In the quiet of your own uptown, where your own sins bear down on you and create a troubled conscience before the world, before others, and before God, your Lord reaches across the chasm of brokenness to take your hand.

Donavon Riley

07/15/20

Gospel Comfortable or Gospel Comfort?

The good news of Jesus Christ guides us into godly worship, not self-worship.

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