1. Ash Wednesday, For What?

    book
    02/22/23
    10 mins
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    By Steven A. Hein
    Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
    Ash Wednesday, For What?

  2. How God Loves Us: The Sound of Salvation, Zephaniah 3:17

    book
    02/14/23
    18 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
    How God Loves Us: The Sound of Salvation, Zephaniah 3:17

  3. Remembered and Redeemed

    book
    01/31/23
    25 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
    Remembered and Redeemed

  4. I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

    book
    01/27/23
    20 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
    I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

  5. The Body of God and the Scandal of Our Dying Brother

    book
    01/18/23
    29 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    The gospel's message is the scandalous announcement that Yahweh has stooped to our frame, to where we are.
    The Body of God and the Scandal of Our Dying Brother

  6. What Can Wash Away My Sin?

    book
    01/11/23
    29 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
    What Can Wash Away My Sin?

  7. In the Stars

    book
    01/06/23
    12 mins
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    By Steven A. Hein
    The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
    In the Stars

  8. More Blessed to Receive than to Give

    book
    12/15/22
    10 mins
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    By Steven A. Hein
    If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give
    More Blessed to Receive than to Give

  9. Friends in Low Places

    book
    11/17/22
    10 mins
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    By Ryan Couch
    You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
    Friends in Low Places

  10. The Book that Brings Deliverance

    book
    10/24/22
    24 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
    The Book that Brings Deliverance

  11. What is the Gospel?

    book
    10/05/22
    14 mins
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    By Zack James Cole
    We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
    What is the Gospel?

  12. Stoicism Is Good, But It Isn't the Gospel

    book
    10/03/22
    19 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
    Stoicism Is Good, But It Isn't the Gospel
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