1. By Grace Or Karma

    book
    06/14/22
    23 mins
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    By Ron Hodel
    This week, we are grateful to publish a series of sermons from our beloved late Chaplain, Ron Hodel. This is the second installment of that series.
    By Grace Or Karma

  2. The Trinity Is History

    book
    06/10/22
    16 mins
    read
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    The Trinity is a handy shorthand for all that God has done to justify sinners.
    The Trinity Is History

  3. Flirting With The Law

    book
    06/09/22
    9 mins
    read
    By Martin Luther
    When the Law is viewed in its true light, when its "glory" is revealed, it is found to do nothing more than to kill man and sink him into condemnation.
    Flirting With The Law

  4. Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

    book
    06/06/22
    9 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    After the big, splashy, exciting day of Pentecost in Acts 2, church life faded into the ordinary life of ragtag sinners encountering the God of the cross coming to them in seemingly unawesome ways. What can we learn from this?
    Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

  5. Not Drunk As You Suppose

    book
    06/03/22
    12 mins
    read
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    That on Pentecost God’s Spirit should function through a dozen seeming inebriates should be no surprise when this same God saves through the ignominy of the cross.
    Not Drunk As You Suppose

  6. Everything Your Kid Needs to Know

    book
    05/31/22
    13 mins
    read
    By Katie Koplin
    The list of things our kids need to know when they leave the house is much simpler than we might believe.
    Everything Your Kid Needs to Know

  7. Trusting in What You Cannot See

    book
    05/30/22
    22 mins
    read
    By Bradley Gray
    In the face of abject evil, these two faithfully cling to the words and truths of he alone who is Good, Jehovah God.
    Trusting in What You Cannot See

  8. Stay With Us

    book
    05/26/22
    8 mins
    read
    By Kathy Morales
    Just as the disciples on the road to Emmaus recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread, so we, through the working of the Holy Spirit, recognize our Lord in the Word and Sacraments.
    Stay With Us

  9. How God Made Mary a Theologian of the Cross

    book
    05/19/22
    10 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    The point Luther made, again and again, was that distance between God and sinners is collapsed when the crucified Christ himself comes to sinners through a preacher.
    How God Made Mary a Theologian of the Cross

  10. Catechizing Your Imagination

    book
    05/13/22
    13 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    God’s gifts, in turn, conform our minds to the mind of Christ, and catechize our imagination in the image of God’s Son.
    Catechizing Your Imagination

  11. Rustling Leaves and a Guilty Conscience

    book
    05/09/22
    12 mins
    read
    By Scott Landrum
    Make no mistake, sinners are in fact being pursued by a most hideous beast called sin, death, and the devil, unleashed and striking continuously.
    Rustling Leaves and a Guilty Conscience

  12. What the Women at the Tomb Reveal about God's Redemption

    book
    05/03/22
    13 mins
    read
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Every part of Jesus’ encounter with Mary Magdalene in John 20 was incredibly intentional and personal for God to systematically redeem what was lost.
    What the Women at the Tomb Reveal about God's Redemption
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