The Consuming Fire and the Holiness That Comes Down
By Bradley Gray
10/02/25
23mins

The Consuming Fire and the Holiness That Comes Down

He doesn’t consume us, even though that is what we deserve. Instead, Jesus comes down to us and consumes all our sin by taking it on himself.
When Pastors Are Abused by Their Congregations
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/01/25

When Pastors Are Abused by Their Congregations

This article is the first part of a two-part series. The second part will take a look at when pastors abuse their congregations.
An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 123 and Psalm 136
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/30/25

An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 123 and Psalm 136

The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s new book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 311 and 335

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Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
03/01/17

Living Out Forgiveness

One of the common things I see my congregants struggle with is the concept of forgiveness. Contrary to what I had assumed would be the case, I find congregants don’t struggle so much with giving forgiveness as they do living with forgiveness.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/21/17

Hell's Doors Are Locked on the Inside

When God sends them to hell, it is indeed punishment, but he’s only giving them what they asked for.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/19/17

My Great-Grandmother Handed Her Husband Over to the Devil

She wasn’t so much giving up on her husband as giving up on herself. She was giving up trying to be the person who changes another person. It was going to take more than her to reform the man she loved.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
02/16/17

Forgiveness At Every Level

Whatever level of sin you're rummaging around in, forgiveness and grace is yours.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
02/15/17

The Get Down

Today, people often bemoan the loss of children in the church.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
02/09/17

The Fruit of a Culture That Worships Individualism: Loneliness

We have now reached a point where many believe so strongly in individualism that nothing else matters.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/29/17

Keeping up with the Joneses' Church

A single, fifteen minute sermon that proclaims Christ and him crucified for you is more important than hundreds of hours of lectures by experts on revitalizing your ministry.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/24/17

The Benefit of Having Enemies

Yes, how good it is for you to have enemies, for without them, when would you ever have the opportunity to fulfill, joyfully and willingly, the law of Christian love?
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
01/24/17

Spitting on Jesus

Last year, a friend I follow tweeted, “Calling yourself a sinner is spitting on all the work that Jesus did to make you a saint.”
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
01/18/17

Addicted to Sin

He barely wakes to find himself nearly dead; even so, he can’t feel a thing.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/17/17

The Great Comfort That You Are A Sinner

Salvation starts in being a sinner and knowing it because that's where God starts salvation, in making "Him to be Sin who knew no sin."
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/15/17

"What a Foe We Have in Jesus"

God’s Son is infinitely more than our fragile egos have flattened him out to be.
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