1. A Place that Knows Me

    book
    05/20/22
    18 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    We worry about the fact our days are as grass – so we try to scratch out a place for ourselves, to make a permanent, lasting place, to climb to higher places and succeed, more often than not, only to hurt each other in the process.
    A Place that Knows Me

  2. God Has Swallowed Death, Whose Belly Christ Has Burst

    book
    05/06/22
    7 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Nothing stands against you. Only Christ stands now, and he is for you, more for you than you could ever know, for you like nothing else that has ever loved you.
    God Has Swallowed Death, Whose Belly Christ Has Burst

  3. Joseph's Moment of Truth

    book
    05/05/22
    16 mins
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    By Steve Kruschel
    If you sit where Joseph sits, then you also face the choice that Joseph faced. Do you respond with vengeance?
    Joseph's Moment of Truth

  4. No Condemnation Now I Dread

    book
    04/28/22
    23 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Our Judge (the one who can condemn us) has become our Advocate (the one who doesn’t condemn us) because he is also our Substitute (the one who takes our condemnation).
    No Condemnation Now I Dread

  5. Free Range Christ

    book
    04/18/22
    10 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    Free-range Christ is fearful Christ because he is present, speaking, and I just crucified him.
    Free Range Christ

  6. Easter: The First Day of Eternal Life

    book
    04/17/22
    16 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Sometimes loss is gain. Sometimes defeat is victory. Sometimes weakness is strength. Sometimes death is life. Sometimes, that is, when Christ is at the center, on his cross and not in his tomb.
    Easter: The First Day of Eternal Life

  7. It Is Finished

    book
    04/15/22
    7 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    God has found a way to be God even for the likes of us. He has found a way to save sinners.
    It Is Finished

  8. God's Transitive Grace

    book
    04/13/22
    19 mins
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    By Ryan Cosgrove
    Christ has come to make every last aspect of your life the object of his eternal, never-ending, always transitive grace.
    God's Transitive Grace

  9. Easter is Overrated

    book
    04/11/22
    13 mins
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    By Tyler Cronkright
    Easter must be seen in light of the cross. It must never overshadow Good Friday. They are a packaged deal!
    Easter is Overrated

  10. Victims & Villains

    book
    02/03/22
    12 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    The world we inhabit is wrong in so many ways, and a holistic approach to this “wrongness” traces its cause both to sin itself and to the effects of sin.
    Victims & Villains

  11. Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

    book
    01/27/22
    13 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.
    Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

  12. The Words That Fill the Halls of Our Churches

    book
    01/13/22
    17 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    I write this as someone who’s genuinely concerned that American congregants are getting bamboozled by preachers who are giving them less than what they need Sunday after Sunday.
    The Words That Fill the Halls of Our Churches
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