1. Your Shepherd and Your Lamb

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    05/18/23
    11 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
    Your Shepherd and Your Lamb

  2. Why We Need Preachers

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    05/15/23
    11 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
    Why We Need Preachers

  3. Stones Fit for Skipping

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    05/11/23
    9 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
    Stones Fit for Skipping

  4. Leaving an Unimpressive Legacy: The Story of Mark

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    04/25/23
    7 mins
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    By Jason Oakland
    What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
    Leaving an Unimpressive Legacy: The Story of Mark

  5. What's in a Name?

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    04/21/23
    26 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
    What's in a Name?

  6. If Christ Has Not Been Raised, We are the Most to be Pitied

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    04/14/23
    8 mins
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    By Daniel Emery Price
    Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
    If Christ Has Not Been Raised, We are the Most to be Pitied

  7. The Easter Prelude

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    04/09/23
    10 mins
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    By Steven A. Hein
    This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
    The Easter Prelude

  8. An Excerpt from Common Places in Christian Theology

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    03/21/23
    17 mins
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    By Mark Mattes
    This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Common Places in Christian Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly,” edited by Mark Mattes (1517 Publishing, 2023).
    An Excerpt from Common Places in Christian Theology

  9. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

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    03/17/23
    11 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
    Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

  10. You Are Light

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    03/06/23
    13 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
    You Are Light

  11. Understanding Righteousness and Lent with Bonhoeffer

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    03/01/23
    20 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    As disciples of Jesus, our righteousness cannot be performed before others, because our righteousness was already performed by Jesus.
    Understanding Righteousness and Lent with Bonhoeffer

  12. My Favorite Book in the Bible

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    02/28/23
    14 mins
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    By Ryan Couch
    If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.
    My Favorite Book in the Bible
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