1. Mandating the Promise

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    04/06/23
    10 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
    Mandating the Promise

  2. Maundy Thursday: Your Big Night

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    04/06/23
    18 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
    Maundy Thursday: Your Big Night

  3. An Excerpt from On Any Given Sunday

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    03/28/23
    18 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
    An Excerpt from On Any Given Sunday

  4. 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

  5. The Parable of the Sower

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    03/14/23
    9 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
    The Parable of the Sower

  6. Why the Church Is Theologically Conservative

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    03/10/23
    14 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
    Why the Church Is Theologically Conservative

  7. Bad Numbers Can't Change the Good News

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    02/24/23
    13 mins
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    By David Clay
    Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.
    Bad Numbers Can't Change the Good News

  8. Revival Comes to Town

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    02/23/23
    12 mins
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    By Matt Popovits
    There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
    Revival Comes to Town

  9. How God Loves Us: God is Love, 1 John 4:15-21

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    02/17/23
    14 mins
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    By Erick Sorensen
    To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
    How God Loves Us: God is Love, 1 John 4:15-21

  10. How God Loves Us: Rich in Mercy, Ephesians 2:4-5

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    02/16/23
    11 mins
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    By Scott Keith
    His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
    How God Loves Us: Rich in Mercy, Ephesians 2:4-5

  11. How God Loves Us: The Meaning of "So," John 3:16

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    02/15/23
    8 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    “So loved,” then isn’t about how much but instead simply how.
    How God Loves Us: The Meaning of

  12. 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
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