What is the Good News of the Ascension?
By Ryan Tinetti
05/15/26
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What is the Good News of the Ascension?

Despite evidences to the contrary, chaos does not reign. Jesus does.
Waking Up in Post Christendom
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
05/14/26

Waking Up in Post Christendom

The temptation for many believers is either despair or outrage: despair that Christendom is fading, or outrage at the civilization replacing it.
Don't Sleep On Luther's Early Disputations
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
05/11/26

Don't Sleep On Luther's Early Disputations

Do not disregard Luther’s early disputations, but appreciate their specificity and recognize their pastoral and theological continuity with his later works.

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Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
06/29/17

Do You Want to Watch the Game?

In a world so wired by law and rules, judgement is everywhere.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
06/26/17

Good News From A Far Country: Preaching Law & Gospel

I believe it’s no small charge to assert that there’s a massive problem in the majority of America’s pulpits.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/20/17

Full to Bursting

The goal of Christian living isn't to gather in and store up two, three, four barn-fulls of good works for ourselves.
Bonnie Petroschuk
Bonnie Petroschuk
06/13/17

No Longer Naked and Ashamed

I recently began seeing a chiropractor for what turned out to be a compressed disc. He took routine x-rays to facilitate his diagnosis, and on the day he was to go over the results with me, I was placed in a conference room to wait for our consultation.
Scott Davis
Scott Davis
05/31/17

Sin Spanx

Have you ever heard of Spanx? Although they’ve only been around since 2010, their predecessors have been around for centuries.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/16/17

News That's Too Good to be True

True faith, saving faith that receives the good news about the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is a faith created in us by the Holy Spirit through the Gospel.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
05/15/17

The Faulty Foundation of The Benedict Option

Some form of the Rule of Benedict will not save or reinvigorate the church. The church already has what the church needs to do her work in the world: she has the Gospel.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
04/17/17

God is Bigger than Your Quid Pro Quo

Quid pro quo, you scratch my back and I will scratch yours. It tends to be the way we humans operate.
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
04/10/17

Law, Gospel, and Lambs

There are some things that just go together. Walk through the aisles of a store and see colors harmonize with spring colors that paint the earth.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
04/07/17

What Sort of Father Do We Have?

He reminds them how his love is truly marvelous and unconditional, but then, he looks them in the eyes, and says they ought to do better because of his love.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/28/17

The Worrisome Gospel

True faith, saving faith that receives the good news about the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is a faith created in us by the Holy Spirit through the Gospel (Eph 2:8-9).
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
03/27/17

I Am Not Ashamed Of The Law

Paul’s letter to the Romans is arguably the most masterful piece of writing in the New Testament.
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