A Review of
By Amy Mantravadi
05/21/25
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A Review of "Raised in Splendor: The Hope of Glorification for a Secular Age by Jason B. Alligood

Alligood is at pains to stress that glorification is not the result of our own efforts any more than sanctification or justification.
Gone Fishin'
Aaron Boerst
Aaron Boerst
05/20/25

Gone Fishin'

Forgiveness from Jesus is always surprising to us.
On Pornography, Hunger, and Holy Rescue
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/19/25

On Pornography, Hunger, and Holy Rescue

The Christ who rescues does not wait for you to be clean. He comes to clean you. He does not need your strength. He brings his own.

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Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
03/28/21

Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Identity

The cross does not remain on a hill far away. It pursues us into the valleys, the ravines, the crevices in which we get trapped as we wander in search of a fixed point for our lives.
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.
John Bortulin
John Bortulin
03/27/21

Palm Sunday: This Week is For You

For the God-man goes from borrowed donkey to borrowed upper room to borrowed cross and borrowed tomb. For you.
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

The Annunciation and Proclamation: A Reflection on the Virgin and Virginity

Undue Protestant antipathies toward Mary have muted not only her place in redemption history and its necessary connection to Christology, but also the virtue of virginity.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
03/21/21

Gospel: John 12:12-19 (Palm Sunday: Series B)

As we gather for Palm Sunday, John invites us to simply experience the wonder of Jesus, the Lord of all, who does His work in humility.
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!
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
03/20/21

Lord of All

Ultimately, there is only one Lord of the Universe, and he does not share power. If Jesus is Lord, Caesar is not.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
03/18/21

The Sixth Petition: Lead Us Not into Temptation

The petition not to be led into temptation is found in just the right place within the seven petitions.
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