1. Shirt-Pulling Forgiveness

    book
    12/10/20
    11 mins
    read
    By Tate Barber
    Christ urges us to love our neighbor as He loved us, forgiving all of their sins - giving them the absolving, shirt-pulling, embrace that we would also want.
    Shirt-Pulling Forgiveness

  2. The Gospel and the Tramp

    book
    12/08/20
    6 mins
    read
    By Dominick Santore
    It wasn’t a perfect image, but it was still there, even in its cartoonish movie magic distortion. It was an element of the Gospel right there in front of me.
    The Gospel and the Tramp

  3. A Poet's Conversation with Love

    book
    11/16/20
    15 mins
    read
    By Grant Klembara
    Love continues to gently but endlessly pursue the narrator, despite his persistence in pulling away in the opposite direction.
    A Poet's Conversation with Love

  4. Christian Freedom and the Imagination

    book
    10/19/20
    10 mins
    read
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Christ crucified is at the heart of both our freedom from sin and death and our freedom to serve and love our neighbor.
    Christian Freedom and the Imagination

  5. Distrusting Our Best Moments

    book
    09/30/20
    2 mins
    read
    By C.S. Lewis
    After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.
    Distrusting Our Best Moments

  6. Meditations

    book
    09/28/20
    16 mins
    read
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    The best synonym I can think of for Biblical meditation is "wonder." To meditate upon God's word is to wonder, as a child wonders at the stars.
    Meditations

  7. Is Scripture Literature?

    book
    09/14/20
    12 mins
    read
    By Caleb Keith
    Viewing the Bible as literature is an essential and natural way of engaging the text. But there are also ways in which this practice can get lost.
    Is Scripture Literature?

  8. The Gospel in the Way, Way Back

    book
    09/04/20
    14 mins
    read
    By Ryan Cosgrove
    The gospel fires up within us the gratitude, joy, and love to pull off what the law never could get us to do.
    The Gospel in the Way, Way Back

  9. Sing that Song Again

    book
    08/27/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Haroldo Camacho
    In both Psalms, we hear the Messiah becoming sin for us, and thus he pleads on our behalf before the Father
    Sing that Song Again

  10. Handel's Messiah: Passion and Pathos

    book
    08/21/20
    12 mins
    read
    By Rick Ritchie
    Physicality is good. Some way or another, choose a full performance of Messiah and give it your full attention. More than one time. Consider it a devotional practice.
    Handel's Messiah: Passion and Pathos

  11. Unity in the Lord's Prayer

    book
    08/14/20
    11 mins
    read
    By Sarah Crowder
    Saying the words of the prayer together meant that if my voice became too weak or shaky, other voices would be around to support and continue the message.
    Unity in the Lord's Prayer

  12. A New Birth of Art: The Legacy of Albrecht Dürer

    book
    08/13/20
    6 mins
    read
    By Pete Lange
    Dürer's first significant work to be published was a woodcut which served as the title page for a volume of St. Jerome’s Letters in August of 1492.
    A New Birth of Art: The Legacy of Albrecht Dürer
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