1. Ice Baths for Lost Sheep

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    06/27/23
    7 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
    Ice Baths for Lost Sheep

  2. One Word

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    06/22/23
    10 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
    One Word

  3. Why Do You Expect So Little of God?

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    06/01/23
    11 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
    Why Do You Expect So Little of God?

  4. A Near-Death Experience and a Nagging Question

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    05/24/23
    6 mins
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    By Jake Allstaedt
    Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
    A Near-Death Experience and a Nagging Question

  5. Confessions of a Tim Keller Name-Dropper

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    05/23/23
    13 mins
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    By Erick Sorensen
    Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
    Confessions of a Tim Keller Name-Dropper

  6. A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

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    05/03/23
    17 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
    A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

  7. One Final Cry

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    05/02/23
    6 mins
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    By Pete Lange
    Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
    One Final Cry

  8. You're a Horse

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    04/27/23
    12 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
    You're a Horse

  9. What's in a Name?

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    04/21/23
    26 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
    What's in a Name?

  10. An Excerpt from Any Given Sunday

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    04/18/23
    6 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
    An Excerpt from Any Given Sunday

  11. If Christ Has Not Been Raised, You Are Still in Your Sins

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    04/11/23
    11 mins
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    By Scott Keith
    What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
    If Christ Has Not Been Raised, You Are Still in Your Sins

  12. The Easter Prelude

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    04/09/23
    10 mins
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    By Steven A. Hein
    This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
    The Easter Prelude
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