By Bradley Gray

07/09/25

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Inception and the Paradox of Grace

Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

Donavon Riley

07/08/25

Only Christ, Not OnlyFans

We don’t flinch at sin. We speak Christ into it.

Daniel Emery Price

07/07/25

What Makes a Saint: A Saint is a Sinner

One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.

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Jeffrey Pulse

11/14/21

Old Testament: Isaiah 51:4-6 (Last Sunday of the Church Year: Series B )

The Israelites had taken the Covenantal promise and the language of separation and interpreted them to mean the message of salvation and restoration was meant for only them. But this is counter to the reality of the Scriptures.

Bob Hiller

11/14/21

Epistle: Jude 20-25 (The Last Sunday of the Church Year: Series B )

God is most glorified in the sending of Jesus to be the Savior of sinners.

David Schmitt

11/14/21

Gospel: Mark 13:24-37 (The Last Sunday of the Church Year: Series B )

Trust in the midst of trouble. That is what our Lord calls us to experience today.

Sam P. Schuldheisz

11/12/21

A Reformation of the Imagination

The Reformation was yet another era of history when God’s people were faced with the question that Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?”

Katie Koplin

11/11/21

When We Miscommunicate Our Prayers

We won’t use the right words, but the Holy Spirit is interceding with and for us, as we pray.

Chad Bird

11/10/21

Unloving Ex-Sins and Laughing at Scars

Fourteen years ago, drowning in the muck of dark despair, in the middle of a life gone terribly wrong, I wrote in my journal, "I wonder how, once this is all over, how I’ll be, how I’ll turn out…” Now I know.

Jeffrey Pulse

11/06/21

Old Testament: Daniel 12:1-3 (Pentecost 25: Series B )

This text arguably contains the clearest teaching concerning the bodily resurrection from the dead in the Old Testament.

Bob Hiller

11/06/21

Epistle: Hebrews 10:11-25 (Pentecost 25: Series B )

Hebrews reminds us you cannot “be the church” unless you go to church.

David Schmitt

11/06/21

Gospel: Mark 13:1-13 (Pentecost 25: Series B )

Everywhere we look, there is suffering. But Jesus is not calling us to look. He is calling us to listen.

Gerhard Forde

11/06/21

The Fear of Forgiveness

A Sermon on Psalm 130:3–6.

Scott Keith

11/05/21

What the 'Dad's on Duty' can teach us about God the Father

Our experience with good fathers – even when they are not our own – can point us to God the Father.

Cindy Koch

11/03/21

Do You Want to Be Healed?

Grace and mercy are a powerful act of the Almighty God. God alone can grant forgiveness and restoration, salvation from the sorrow of this world.

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