By Jason Oakland

07/11/25

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Peace Be With You

‘Peace’ means “I have forgiven all those sins against me.”

An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress

Kathy Morales

07/10/25

An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress

This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 6-9.

Bradley Gray

07/09/25

Inception and the Paradox of Grace

Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

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Donavon Riley

04/30/20

Jesus Drains The Cup So We May Drink

When we proclaim Jesus' death we are, at the same time, preaching that this cup from which we drink is the cup of salvation for all who believe and receive it.

Bror Erickson

04/29/20

Concerning Centurions and the Salvation of a Soldier’s Soul

War is a plague, but sometimes it needs to be fought to protect from greater plagues.

David Schmitt

04/26/20

Gospel: John 10:1-10 (Easter 4: Series A)

We have one thing which will never change. We have a shepherd who knows us by name and who promises to speak to us in all of life’s situations.

Ken Sundet Jones

04/24/20

Elisabeth Cruciger: Hymn Writer of the Reformation

Elisabeth Cruciger is the first female Lutheran hymn writer. In fact, her hymn was included in the very first evangelical hymnal, published in 1524. With her life and her hymn, she becomes a witness, an example, and a proclaimer of the gospel to us almost 500 years later.

John W. Hoyum

04/23/20

The Unreturned Gift

This gospel is not like all other human acts of gift-giving. It doesn’t come with the expectation of a gift in return. His mercy is an unreturned gift.

Peter Nafzger

04/20/20

Gospel: Luke 24:13-35 (Easter 3: Series A)

Their hearts burned, their feet ran, and their mouths opened. “The Lord is risen, indeed!” they confessed, because this is what Easter does: It makes confessors.

Donavon Riley

04/16/20

Remembering What God Does

True strength, wisdom, and understanding come to us from God. His Spirit gives us wisdom and understanding through the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus.

Donavon Riley

04/14/20

Does God Need Skin in the Game?

Jesus wouldn't allow religious people to determine his identity, define his mission, or put him in a safe, predictable religious box.

Peter Nafzger

04/13/20

Gospel: John 20:19-31 (Easter 2: Series A)

John chose to write these things for a specific purpose: “So that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name."

Donavon Riley

04/08/20

Humbled to Hold The Cup

By the blood of the Lamb God's people are given salvation and comfort. We're rescued from hopelessness.

Bradley Gray

04/07/20

The Gospel According to Paul’s Letter to Philemon

This is no isolated or obscure fragment of New Testament writing. Contained within Paul’s correspondence to Philemon is one of the most striking portraits of the gospel ever recorded.

Donavon Riley

04/07/20

Struggling to Die and Live

Instead of remaining silent when we wonder if someone is struggling with suicidal thoughts, and rather than judging for ourselves whether or not suicide is an unforgivable sin, let's lean on God's Word.

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