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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Michael Berg
Michael Berg
07/31/20

Acceptable Prayers

Your prayers are not what make you acceptable in his sight. You have already been made acceptable through the blood of Christ.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
07/30/20

The Radical Gospel

There is no justification except by faith alone. The radical forgiveness itself puts the old to death and calls forth the new.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/28/20

If Only...

In Christ Jesus, through faith, we’ve received everything we need for our bodies and lives, and life eternal.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
07/27/20

Comfort When You Don't Feel Like Praising God

These words not only rescue and defend; they also attack.
Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
07/27/20

What If I Am Not Saved?

I rededicated my life as many times as I could when the guilt was unbearable. I would read my Bible more and pray more, yet I still struggled. I knew deep down, I was breaking God’s heart with my failure at being his child.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
07/23/20

Gods of the Garden

There is no comfort in naked sovereignty. A bully may be said to be “sovereign” over the elementary school playground, but that doesn’t bring much comfort nor does it promise security. We need something more than a God who is in control.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
07/21/20

How Should We Pray?

It is one thing to pray against death’s slow and aggressive assault on God’s creation. It is another to trust in the one who has conquered the grave.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
07/20/20

Moses For The Old Man

Christ presents to us such liberty, so that we as Christians according to our faith may tolerate no other master, but only hold that we are baptized and called unto Christ, and through him have become justified and sanctified.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/19/20

Our Our Testimonies Are Not Sermons

Our stories, be they ever so inspiring or worthy of emulation, should never be equated with proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Gospel Jesus Christ commissioned to be proclaimed.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/19/20

Epistle: Romans 8:28-39 (Pentecost 8: Series A)

It is that love, finally, which comes back again and again, not as an afterthought, but as the underlying theme of the entire section.
Sarah Crowder
Sarah Crowder
07/17/20

Facial Hair, the Gospel, and God's Word for You

A change during a time of crisis is nothing new; it's an experience we can see throughout history.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
07/15/20

The Lost Art of Rest

Lack of effort isn’t the sworn enemy of fruit-bearing. Self-sufficiency is.
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