1. Juneteenth and the Proclamation of Freedom

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    06/19/21
    7 mins
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    By Dan van Voorhis
    The story of Juneteenth is one of living between proclamation and emancipation, and the story of the Christian faith is one of living in that same tension.
    Juneteenth and the Proclamation of Freedom

  2. Psalm 23 and the Apostles' Creed

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    04/14/21
    12 mins
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    By Kyle G. Jones
    The Holy Spirit does what his name implies. He makes us holy. We believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord, and come to him only by the Holy Spirit who calls us with the gospel.
    Psalm 23 and the Apostles' Creed

  3. Cotton Mather's Quest for Assurance

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    02/12/21
    16 mins
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    By Sam Leanza Ortiz
    The paradoxical Puritan doctrines of an inability to convert oneself and the command to work out one’s salvation with fear and trembling placed would-be converts like Mather in quite a bind.
    Cotton Mather's Quest for Assurance

  4. A Nativity Sermon

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    12/25/20
    9 mins
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    By John Chrysostom
    Truly wondrous is the whole chronicle of the Nativity. For this day the ancient slavery is ended, the power of death is broken, paradise is unlocked, the curse is taken away, sin is removed from us, error-driven out, and truth has been brought back.
    A Nativity Sermon

  5. Who was Anselm of Canterbury?

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    12/04/20
    15 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    On this day in the year 1093, Anselm was consecrated as the archbishop of Canterbury.
    Who was Anselm of Canterbury?

  6. When There's Nothing to be Thankful For

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    11/27/20
    7 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    In a year where things are unclear, tensions are heartbreaking, and uncertainty is rampant, what can we be thankful for?
    When There's Nothing to be Thankful For

  7. Creedal Thanksgiving

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    11/25/20
    7 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Because everything we possess, and everything in heaven and on earth besides, is daily given, sustained, and protected by God, it inevitably follows that we are in duty bound to love, praise, and thank him without ceasing
    Creedal Thanksgiving

  8. Michaelmas, Griffith Jones and the Protective Power of the Word

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    09/29/20
    14 mins
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    By Sam Leanza Ortiz
    The theme of guardianship permeates Christian observances of Michaelmas, unifying this wide variety of celebrations.
    Michaelmas, Griffith Jones and the Protective Power of the Word

  9. Cyprian on Rebaptism

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    08/31/20
    8 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    Cyprian actually rejected the accusation that he believed in rebaptism because he considered only the baptism within the church to be a valid or true baptism.
    Cyprian on Rebaptism

  10. What If I Am Not Saved?

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    07/27/20
    14 mins
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    By Zack James Cole
    I rededicated my life as many times as I could when the guilt was unbearable. I would read my Bible more and pray more, yet I still struggled. I knew deep down, I was breaking God’s heart with my failure at being his child.
    What If I Am Not Saved?

  11. Is The American Church Spiritually Sick?

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    07/17/20
    9 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    In our attempts to conform the Gospel of Jesus Christ to material, therapeutic, and mystical standards of religion and spirituality we've arrested, inhibited, distorted, and handicapped God's Word and gifts of salvation.
    Is The American Church Spiritually Sick?

  12. United in the Father by the Son

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    07/10/20
    13 mins
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    By Kyle G. Jones
    God not only unites us to himself by the death and resurrection of his Son; he unites us, the church, together and to himself under Christ as his children.
    United in the Father by the Son
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