Good Friday Reflections on Job
By Daniel Emery Price
04/03/26
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Good Friday Reflections on Job

Job needs a savior, and he knows it. And in Jesus, he gets one.
Maundy Thursday and the New Command
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
04/02/26

Maundy Thursday and the New Command

On Maundy Thursday, Christ explicitly gave his disciples the new command from which the day takes its name, for the Latin words novum mandatum are the Vulgate’s translation of “new command.”
Spy Wednesday and the Betrayal in All of Us
Steve Byrnes
Steve Byrnes
04/01/26

Spy Wednesday and the Betrayal in All of Us

Spy Wednesday asks us to look inward. It's the day the liturgical calendar acknowledges what we already know: we are not the best version of ourselves.

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Uwe Siemon-Netto
Uwe Siemon-Netto
08/06/21

Theology 101, Under Bombs

I am cognizant of the powerful lessons for life I owe to those nights in the air-raid shelter.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
08/05/21

The Seventh Beatitude: Pax or Hapax?

The title “peacemakers” is not ours except as we tell and retell his peacemaking story.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
08/04/21

Eat and Drink

God will give you more than you can handle. But he doesn’t leave you alone. Not at all.
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
08/02/21

That's a Good Question: Are We All Predestined to Either Heaven or Hell?

The reason the mind is endlessly troubled about God predestining everything is the vague generalization. Generalizations are cold as ice, without the warm Christ.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
07/31/21

Old Testament: 1 Kings 19:1-8 (Pentecost 11: Series B)

Instead of providing a way out, the LORD gave Elijah a way through, which included the calling of Elisha as his apprentice.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
07/31/21

Epistle: Ephesians 4:17-5:2 (Pentecost 11: Series B)

The baptized, those rescued and redeemed by God’s grace alone through faith in Jesus Christ alone, are given an entirely new life to live, an entirely new way to walk.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
07/31/21

Gospel: John 6:35-51 (Pentecost 11: Series B)

Jesus promises more than a disembodied “spiritual” existence after death. He has promised to raise our perishable, mortal bodies to immortality.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/31/21

Racism Nullified: 1 Peter 2:2-10 on Human Relations

Here is the foundational cure for the evils of racism in human society, faith in Christ as definitive for racial identification.
Scott Davis
Scott Davis
07/31/21

The Gospel and the Boy Who Cried Wolf

It isn’t that God struggles to believe our repeated cries of “wolf.” Rather, we struggle to believe God when he repeatedly comes to us with forgiveness and mercy on his lips.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/30/21

The Rock of Truth in the Storm of Fake News

The Psalms aren’t the clandestine successes of a faithful soul, but are the journaled hopes of a desperate soul — of one teetering on the edge of oblivion.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
07/26/21

That's a Good Question: What Should we do When the Church Lets us Down?

The Church is where God has instituted the office of the preacher of the gospel. And if you are let-down, the gospel is what you need to hear.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/26/21

How a Small, Country Congregation Became a Megachurch Overnight

This tiny rural church would bulge at the seams with worshipers from realms seen and unseen, all mixed together in the adoration of the Lamb.
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