Declared Clean
By Bradley Gray
05/26/26
24mins

Declared Clean

The same words of hope and peace that were entrusted to Israel are available to all, to “everyone who believes” (Acts 10:43).
Can Theologians, Too, Be Saved?
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
05/25/26

Can Theologians, Too, Be Saved?

No one is harder to convert than a religious expert.
A Mouthful of God's Words
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/21/26

A Mouthful of God's Words

Jeremiah’s prophetic call isn’t a one-off moment. Unique though it was, it wasn’t wholly exclusive.

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
03/12/20

Dear Death, What Has Become of Your Spear?

Paul says that the power of sin is the law. The more clearly we understand the law, the more sin oppresses and stings us.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
03/11/20

Come Near To Me, Please

The primary point of Joseph’s life (and every story in Scripture) is to point us to Christ. To tell us something about what God is like and how He interacts with His Creation.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
03/11/20

Understanding Jesus’ Parables

When anything other than the gospel of Christ crucified for sinners becomes the center of the parables, we exchange the Gospel for the law.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/10/20

No More Monsters

The monsters we fight against and the monsters we become are drowned in the blood of the Lamb. Jesus' death, and the power of his resurrection, restore our humanity.
Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
03/04/20

Binding Up the Brokenhearted

Into our world of sin, broken hearts, physical ailments, and psychological suffering, our Lord of grace descended.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
03/03/20

The Anchor of John 3:16

Christ teaches that we are not lost, but have eternal life. That God has so loved us that he allowed the ransom to cost him his only beloved child.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/03/20

How to Get God to Give Us Everything We Want

The more we demand from Christ, the more of Himself He gives to us. When we demand a glass of grace, He gives us an ocean of Gospel.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
03/03/20

I Can’t Wait to Get out of Heaven

When talking about God’s ultimate destination for us, we’ve grown sloppy in our language, nearsighted in our gaze, and un-Easter in our hope. We act and speak as if dying and going to heaven is what the faith is all about. It is most emphatically not.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
03/02/20

Where Jesus Is Found

Where our sins are forgiven, there God in Christ is to be found.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/02/20

Jesus Is Love

God and love are synonymous. Any talk about love that is not talk about Jesus is, at most, a half-truth.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/27/20

Lead Us into Temptation

There’s a delicious freedom to wrongdoing. It taps a primal desire within us for rebellion. We feel liberated, unshackled by demands to be this way, do this, avoid that. We become masters of our own destiny.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
02/27/20

God Gives Us More Than We Can Handle

What the law is powerless to do, Jesus accomplishes for us. Jesus delivers what the law demands.
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