1. An Excerpt from What is Christianity? by Francis Pieper

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    02/21/23
    9 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
    An Excerpt from What is Christianity? by Francis Pieper

  2. Who Will Storm Doubting Castle?

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    02/20/23
    12 mins
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    By Rick Ritchie
    Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
    Who Will Storm Doubting Castle?

  3. C.S. Lewis and the Four Loves

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    02/06/23
    23 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
    C.S. Lewis and the Four Loves

  4. Epiphany with the Inklings

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    01/26/23
    18 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The further up and further into the season of Epiphany we get, the bigger the grace of God in Christ is, the brighter the Light of Christ shines, and the more blessed we are in Jesus' epiphany for us.
    Epiphany with the Inklings

  5. The Christmas Story proclaimed in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

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    12/27/22
    12 mins
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    By Sarah Crowder
    The good news of the Gospel is Jesus has come, and Jesus will come again.
    The Christmas Story proclaimed in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

  6. The Otherworldly Vision

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    10/27/22
    4 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
    The Otherworldly Vision

  7. How to Define Christian Community

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    10/25/22
    10 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
    How to Define Christian Community

  8. 1 John 4:1-6: The Only True Confession

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    09/30/22
    10 mins
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    By Kelsi Klembara
    Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
    1 John 4:1-6: The Only True Confession

  9. Peanut Skins and Porterhouses

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    09/08/22
    25 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    My words are peanuts compared to the porterhouse of God’s Word.
    Peanut Skins and Porterhouses

  10. Forgiveness without God

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    09/05/22
    10 mins
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    By David Clay
    Increasingly, to forgive is seen as winking at evil, as shrugging one’s moral shoulders, and as being complicit.
    Forgiveness without God

  11. Sermon on Luke 11:24–26

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    08/25/22
    8 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
    Sermon on Luke 11:24–26

  12. On Losing One's Life

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    08/18/22
    9 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    If you are going to lose your life for the gospel’s sake, you must begin by hearing it.
    On Losing One's Life
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