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Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
08/19/25

How Should We View Mary?

Can we then honor Mary without falling into error? I believe we can by focusing on four things Scripture does teach about her.
Michael Berg
Michael Berg
05/09/24

Five Ascension Promises

Five promises were seemingly all those apostles, staring into the sky, had to go on. Five promises that were more than enough.
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
08/08/23

Karen Swallow Prior’s Journey into The Evangelical Imagination

Prior sees much of evangelicalism’s imaginary trouble arising from the fact that it emphasizes quick and dramatic conversion experiences and a personally directed relationship with God.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
02/20/22

Life in the Subjunctive

The dream of what might have been or what could possibly become reality diverts us from the sober assessment and the joyful appreciation of what God is giving us in this hour and this place.
Justin Rossow
Justin Rossow
02/20/22

Epistle: Hebrews 3:1-6 (Transfiguration: Series C)

Moses should receive honor, Jesus even more. Moses should be followed, Jesus even more. Moses should be trusted, Jesus most of all and above all else.
Travis Scholl
Travis Scholl
01/02/22

Epistle: Romans 6:1-11 (The Baptism of Our Lord: Series C)

Paul is thinking of the cross and empty tomb, but the liturgical calendar places us at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, not the end: Jesus standing waist deep in the Jordan River.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/03/21

God’s Sabbath Sleep: How Christ Filled in the Gap in the Creation Story

Tomorrow Jesus will laugh his way out of the tomb, spit in the face of death, and kick the devil in the throat as he dances to the clapping glee of angelic masses. But today he just rests.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
08/30/20

Gospel: Matthew 18:1-20 (Pentecost 14: Series A)

Sunday after Sunday, God’s people appear to have it all together… which makes you wonder why Jesus even continues to come. After all, everything is great among God’s people here.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
08/19/20

Lost Coins, Lost Sheep and Covering the Harlot

A truly Christian work is it that we descend and get mixed up in the mire of the sinner, taking his sin upon ourselves and floundering out of it with him, not acting otherwise than as if his sin were our own.
Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove
Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove
06/18/20

God's Upside Down Glory

When it comes to God’s word, our help only obscures his power and grace.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
04/12/19

The Day of Choosing

This day was a day of choosing. On this day, Jewish households would select their Passover lambs (Ex. 12:3-6). The lambs had to be without blemish, the best of the best.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
03/21/17

"Touched" By God

Some days, people need a touch. Not just any touch, but something that says, "I care about you, and I love you."
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