Freed Us and Loves Us
By Russ Lackey
04/20/26
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Freed Us and Loves Us

Christ’s saving work is finished, but his love is not locked away in the past.
The 1529 Protest of Speyer
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
04/17/26

The 1529 Protest of Speyer

"Every one must stand and give account before God for himself; and no one can excuse himself by the action or decision of another, whether less or more.”
A Review of
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
04/16/26

A Review of "God Meets Us In Our Suffering"

God Meets is the rare cancer book (and as above, I use that term advisedly) that addresses both the judgment God places on human creatures in the Garden (death) and the hard road anyone walks toward that end (100% of us).

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Walter Hwang
Walter Hwang
01/08/19

Where Are You?

I grew up playing baseball – mostly “street” baseball, with a bunch of friends. It was one of my passions in life.
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
01/01/19

What Sin?

Psalm 51 teaches two things: mercy and sin. But aren’t we already experts in sin? Why do we need God to teach it to us?
Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
12/31/18

Resolutions and Forgiveness

We fail over and over again to tame the sin in our hearts, to guard the doors of our lips and to act like the children of God.
Jim Nestingen
Jim Nestingen
12/25/18

In the Good Lord's Time, Christ Appeared

The restoration of everything that is and will be, was always meant to take place in a virgin’s belly, in a manger, at the cross.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
12/04/18

Bearing the Weight of Sin

Do any of you have one of “those” kids? Every family should have at least one. They humble you.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
11/27/18

Specks and Logs

I’m a life-long New Yorker, and I have the pleasure of working minutes from the neighborhood I grew up in as a boy.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
11/21/18

I'm Not Chad Bird

I think we can all agree that there is not a more popular writer on Christ Hold Fast than Chad Bird.
Jessica Thompson
Jessica Thompson
11/08/18

Christ Is Enough

There are mornings I wake up beleaguered by my past sins. It is almost as though my conscience waits until I am too tired to fight it, and then it wages its war against me.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
11/01/18

A Day For All Sinners and Saints

It’s been my experience that All Saints’ Day, celebrated on November 1st and observed on the first Sunday following, gets overshadowed by the celebration of Reformation Day.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
10/29/18

Forgiveness Is Finished

I’ve had a lot of nasty things done to me in my 43 years of life. Many of which were done by church people while we were worshipping and serving Jesus together.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
10/29/18

The Almost Forgiven

Since Adam, we are all illegal and undocumented aliens in God’s country.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
10/24/18

The Offence of Our Heart on Another’s Sleeve

We don’t love little because we have little that requires forgiveness.
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