1. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 1

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    03/03/23
    10 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
    Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 1

  2. Understanding Righteousness and Lent with Bonhoeffer

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    03/01/23
    20 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    As disciples of Jesus, our righteousness cannot be performed before others, because our righteousness was already performed by Jesus.
    Understanding Righteousness and Lent with Bonhoeffer

  3. Ash Wednesday, For What?

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    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?

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

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    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

  5. Remembered and Redeemed

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    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

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

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    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

  7. What Can Wash Away My Sin?

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    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?

  8. In the Stars

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    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

  9. More Blessed to Receive than to Give

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    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

  10. He Who Comes

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    12/01/22
    11 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    It is terribly easy to set up our theology as a buffer against the real coming of the Lord and its consequences.
    He Who Comes

  11. Friends in Low Places

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    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

  12. Adverbial vs. Prepositional Theology: What's the Difference?

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    11/07/22
    8 mins
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    By Jay Sawrie
    Weak faith in a strong Christ is still saving faith.
    Adverbial vs. Prepositional Theology: What's the Difference?
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