1. The Trinity Is History

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    06/10/22
    16 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    The Trinity is a handy shorthand for all that God has done to justify sinners.
    The Trinity Is History

  2. Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

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    06/06/22
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    After the big, splashy, exciting day of Pentecost in Acts 2, church life faded into the ordinary life of ragtag sinners encountering the God of the cross coming to them in seemingly unawesome ways. What can we learn from this?
    Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

  3. Not Drunk As You Suppose

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    06/03/22
    12 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    That on Pentecost God’s Spirit should function through a dozen seeming inebriates should be no surprise when this same God saves through the ignominy of the cross.
    Not Drunk As You Suppose

  4. Stay With Us

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    05/26/22
    8 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Just as the disciples on the road to Emmaus recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread, so we, through the working of the Holy Spirit, recognize our Lord in the Word and Sacraments.
    Stay With Us

  5. What the Women at the Tomb Reveal about God's Redemption

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    05/03/22
    13 mins
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    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Every part of Jesus’ encounter with Mary Magdalene in John 20 was incredibly intentional and personal for God to systematically redeem what was lost.
    What the Women at the Tomb Reveal about God's Redemption

  6. Becoming Human Again

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    04/29/22
    13 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    What the gospel promises is not escape from our humanity, but resurrection from the dead.
    Becoming Human Again

  7. Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

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    04/21/22
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    I want the beginning of my funeral to be focused on Jesus, as well as the middle, the end, and every point in between.
    Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

  8. Free Range Christ

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    04/18/22
    10 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    Free-range Christ is fearful Christ because he is present, speaking, and I just crucified him.
    Free Range Christ

  9. Easter: The First Day of Eternal Life

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    04/17/22
    16 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Sometimes loss is gain. Sometimes defeat is victory. Sometimes weakness is strength. Sometimes death is life. Sometimes, that is, when Christ is at the center, on his cross and not in his tomb.
    Easter: The First Day of Eternal Life

  10. It Is Finished

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    04/15/22
    7 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    God has found a way to be God even for the likes of us. He has found a way to save sinners.
    It Is Finished

  11. My God, My God, Why Have You ______ Me? Rethinking Psalm 22:1

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    04/15/22
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    The Messiah is exiled from God on the cross as Israel was. Forsaken as Israel was forsaken. Cast away from Yahweh as Israel was. Why?
    My God, My God, Why Have You ______ Me? Rethinking Psalm 22:1

  12. You Are Bloody Forgiven

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    04/14/22
    9 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Today, Maundy Thursday, we receive the feast of Christ’s true body and blood for us, for the forgiveness of our sins. All of them.
    You Are Bloody Forgiven
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