The Tree That Sweetens Every Sorrow
By Bradley Gray
04/30/26
25mins

The Tree That Sweetens Every Sorrow

Even when the bitter places sink down deep into our bones, the Restorer never relinquishes his grip on you.
A Review of
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
04/28/26

A Review of "To Live Well: To Live Well: Practical Wisdom for Moving Through Chaotic Times" by Alan Noble

To Live Well is therefore not a general advice book, but a message suffused with the gospel.
Practice Needs Promises: Martin Luther, John Mark Comer, and Christian Spirituality
Russ Lackey
Russ Lackey
04/27/26

Practice Needs Promises: Martin Luther, John Mark Comer, and Christian Spirituality

May we, as preachers, rise and proclaim that Jesus Christ is sufficient for all our spiritual hunger.

All Articles

Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/06/22

The Church Is Already Woke

Only by faith in Christ are we truly awake.
David Clay
David Clay
09/05/22

Forgiveness without God

Increasingly, to forgive is seen as winking at evil, as shrugging one’s moral shoulders, and as being complicit.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
08/29/22

Our Dissident Identity

Being the baptized just may be the last, great resistance.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/25/22

The Day We Buried Our Son

We did not say “Goodbye” to our son on the day of his burial. We said, “Luke, we’ll see you soon.”
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
08/14/22

Old Testament: Isaiah 66:18-23 (Pentecost 11: Series C)

As is often the case in Scripture, creation is about a renewed, restored, and redeemed relationship with the Creator.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
08/04/22

Christ’s Comfort in Our Crisis

Our comfort in this seemingly endless age of crisis after crisis is the inexhaustible hope of Jesus’s reversal.
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
08/01/22

Faith, Hope, and Love

Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
Justin Rossow
Justin Rossow
06/05/22

Epistle: Acts 2:14a, 22–36 (Holy Trinity: Series C)

Our daily remembrance of baptism, our daily dying and rising, is a daily joining to Jesus and His death and resurrection for us.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
06/05/22

Preaching Trinity Sunday

The celebration of Trinity Sunday–the only church festival specifically dedicated to a doctrine–reminds us of the necessity of confessing that the one God exists in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Justin Rossow
Justin Rossow
05/29/22

Epistle: Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost Sunday: Series C)

How might your preaching of the work of the Spirit expand your own view of the Spirit’s work, and help your hearers gain an appreciation for the Holy Spirit’s activity in their lives beyond a standalone celebration, one day a year?
Steve Kruschel
Steve Kruschel
05/16/22

Pray...Even in the Dark

Darkness is not your only friend. Jesus loves you, and he will be with you.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
04/29/22

Becoming Human Again

What the gospel promises is not escape from our humanity, but resurrection from the dead.
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