By Christopher J. Richmann

09/30/26

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You Might Have a Troubled Heart

Jesus doesn’t say, “I give you the way,” but “I am the way.”

Luke Kjolhaug

09/29/26

The Fear of Being Known

This is an excerpt from the sixth chapter of Fear Not: How the Gospel Disrupts Our Deepest Anxieties by Luke Kjolhaug (1517 Publishing, 2026).

Bradley Gray

09/25/26

His Mercy is More

We draw near because Christ our Mediator has gone where we never could, and he has brought us with him.

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Bruce Hillman

02/11/19

The Dung-Slinging God

The prophet Jonah longed for one thing: to see the Assyrian city of Nineveh utterly destroyed by the wrath of God. His wish eventually came true

Jacob Corzine

02/10/19

The Law and the Falsely Terrified Conscience

And so, when you preach the Law, you are also instructing the conscience and thereby forming it. For some of your hearers, this will result in activating their consciences, making them more sensitive, so they become more aware of their sin and more urgently seek the Gospel. For others, it is a re-instruction.

Matt Johnson

02/06/19

When It’s Time To Give Up

In our democratic society we love to talk about freedom. But anybody out there ever tried to be perfect? Ah, shucks. Turns out we’re not as free as we thought.

Wade Johnston

02/05/19

Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment

We expect God to try us, not for our crimes, but for our better moments.

Donavon Riley

02/04/19

Defeat Evil with Good

Peace comes when we give up worrying about self-interest, self-preservation, and self-satisfaction and instead keep our eyes fixed on good God and Savior Jesus.

John Bombaro

02/03/19

The "External Word" Is the Authoritative Word of God, Too

The preached word ensured the work of the Holy Spirit, so long as it was the written word of the Gospel. Gospel preaching was the one domain in which we could be assured of the convicting, saving, and sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit.

Wade Johnston

01/31/19

Jesus Ruins the Cause

From political parties to sports teams, we know all too well how quickly we can ruin a good thing, turning a temporal allegiance into a spiritual one

Brandon Hanson

01/30/19

Something Greater

When I was a young boy I was constantly trying to assert my superiority over my siblings. I had to be the best at everything, and it was easy to believe I was the best.

Zack James Cole

01/29/19

The Final Review

With a new year comes many new things. In the corporate world, we again introduced to our yearly performance review.

Chad Bird

01/28/19

Forgiving Others Is Not All About You: When Forgiveness Mutates into Self-Help

Just as we believe ourselves to be forgiven because God sees us in Christ, so to forgive others is to see them as God sees them in Christ. To forgive, in other words, is to put God’s eyes in our eyes and our eyes in God’s eyes.

Daniel van Voorhis

01/28/19

Why Ok is Everything

Despite the death all around us, the death that is assured us, we know there is a way out.

Brian W. Thomas

01/22/19

Font to Table: Why Do So Many Churches Have Red Doors?

The red door was fair warning to pursuers that they could proceed no further.

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