When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not
By Russ Lackey | Mark Mattes
01/20/26
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When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.
Behold the Lamb
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
01/19/26

Behold the Lamb

The Passover wasn’t just Israel’s story; it’s ours.
Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
01/16/26

Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies

God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.

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Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
04/04/21

Old Testament: Psalm 148 (Easter 2: Series B)

God has created perfectly. God is in the house and all is right with the world!
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
03/31/21

Salvation in the Silence of God

Good Friday encompasses the silence of God, even as it focuses on our salvation in the cross of Christ.
Katie Koplin
Katie Koplin
03/30/21

Reading Proverbs and Receiving Criticism

I can look at all of my failings and foolishness because I know who Christ is for me. I rest in his wisdom and life not my own.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
03/29/21

My Bookshelf Is Bigger Than Yours

All of my theological endeavoring will not squeeze one more ounce of grace from God.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
03/28/21

Gospel: Mark 16:1-8 (Easter Sunday: Series B)

Like the women who came despite their questions, your hearers will gather despite their uncertainties, and they will be looking for a word of honest hope.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
03/28/21

Epistle: I Corinthians 5:6b-8 (Easter Sunday: Series B)

In the resurrection Jesus transcended time, space, and death; those things which limit human existence. So, the stone was not rolled away for Jesus, but for the disciples and for us.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
03/28/21

Old Testament: Isaiah 25:6-9 (Easter Sunday: Series B)

This is the feast, the banquet to end all banquets. The LORD God is the maker and provider of this great feast which takes place for the resurrected faithful in the courts of Heaven.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
03/25/21

The Seventh Petition: Deliver Us From Evil

This is not a plea for us to be given the strength to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. It is our helpless cry when boots – straps and all - slip off the edge of temptation’s cliff.
Michael Berg
Michael Berg
03/24/21

Working to the Glory of God: An Excerpt from Vocation: The Setting for Human Flourishing

This is an excerpt from Vocation: The Setting for Human Flourishing written by Michael Berg (1517 Publishing, 2021). Now available for preorder.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
03/22/21

Who Can Erase Diamond-Point Sins?

If sin is only a matter of “doing,” then “undoing” and/or “redoing” would serve as the equivalent savior necessary to find redemption.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
03/21/21

Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11 (Palm Sunday: Series B)

Paul wants us to see this “present evil age” is dominated by a theology of glory and “the age to come” is dominated by a theology of the cross. They are two ways of understanding and interpreting all of reality, but especially the ways and nature of God.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
03/21/21

Old Testament: Zechariah 9:9-12 (Palm Sunday: Series B)

Jesus is not just another king in the line of David—this is the new King David! Hosanna in the highest!
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