1. On Losing One's Life

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    08/18/22
    9 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    If you are going to lose your life for the gospel’s sake, you must begin by hearing it.
    On Losing One's Life

  2. Lucas Cranach: Artist, Proclaimer, and Friend

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    08/17/22
    16 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Cranach became the evangelical interpreter for the masses
    Lucas Cranach: Artist, Proclaimer, and Friend

  3. A Scriptural Reflection of Luther’s Small Catechism

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    08/10/22
    18 mins
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    By Kyle G. Jones
    Take heart: God is near and he is here for you.
    A Scriptural Reflection of Luther’s Small Catechism

  4. Miniature Death

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    07/19/22
    12 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    The spirit indeed is willing and desires bodily death as a gentle sleep. It does not consider it to be death; it knows no such thing as death.
    Miniature Death

  5. Marx, Prayer, and Humanity

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    07/12/22
    13 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    In the place of God, Marx sets the material, autonomous, self-creating man.
    Marx, Prayer, and Humanity

  6. Rainstorms and Reformations

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    07/06/22
    13 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Through Martin Luther, God would unleash a far greater storm than the one which overwhelmed Luther on July 2, 1505.
    Rainstorms and Reformations

  7. In Praise of Gifts

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    07/05/22
    12 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    With every bone in our bodies, we declare war on grace. We declare war on the gift.
    In Praise of Gifts

  8. Mercy Makes Mercy

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    06/30/22
    6 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Christian mercy should not seek its own. It must be round, and open its eyes and look at all alike, friend and foe, as our heavenly Father does.
    Mercy Makes Mercy

  9. The Trinity Is History

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

  10. Flirting With The Law

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    06/09/22
    9 mins
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    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

  11. Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

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    06/06/22
    9 mins
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    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

  12. Not Drunk As You Suppose

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    06/03/22
    12 mins
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    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
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