Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue
By Kelsi Klembara
10/30/26
17mins

Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.
Messengers, Angels, and Apostles
Mark Duerr
Mark Duerr
10/29/26

Messengers, Angels, and Apostles

While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.
Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/28/26

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale
05/27/21

Mute and Muted Idols

The irony of our idolatry is that many of our idols could and would speak the gospel to us if we would listen.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
05/26/21

Faith in a Sea of Unbelief

God bestows faith that it should deal not with ordinary things, but with things no human being can master such as death, sin, the world, and Satan.
Katie Koplin
Katie Koplin
05/25/21

"Shoulding" On One Another

The law is good and holy but so often when we are “shoulding” on one another, we actually are just going to end up “burning” each other’s fields.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
05/24/21

The Holy Spirit: The Gift and Gift-Giver

The Holy Spirit is sent, not to talk about himself, but to point us to Jesus.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
05/23/21

Old Testament: Isaiah 6:1-8 (Holy Trinity: Series B)

Does Isaiah find himself in the Holy of Holies in the Jerusalem Temple, or is this taking place in the Heavenly Temple? Perhaps we might say the answer is “Yes.”
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
05/23/21

Epistle: Acts 2:14a, 22-36 (Holy Trinity: Series B)

The Apostle Peter’s monumental sermon on Pentecost declares the Kingdom purposes and divine saving work of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit which culminates in the new world order with Christ in charge.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
05/23/21

Gospel: John 3:1-17 (Holy Trinity: Series B)

Trinity Sunday is a day we confess the mystery of our faith. It is a mystery that saves.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/21/21

A King Greater Than Solomon and a Place Better Than the Temple

You and I have a God who pardons all our wrongdoing by taking all of them onto himself. He doesn’t zap us into oblivion at the first sign of rebellion.
Brad Soenksen
Brad Soenksen
05/18/21

A Friend Like No Other

By his initiative alone, he remakes our hearts to love him and others unselfishly.
Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
05/17/21

Why Are People Leaving Jurassic Park?

The whole point of Church is to be in a place that hands over the gifts and promises of Jesus Christ to dirty rotten sinners who are in desperate need of them.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
05/15/21

Old Testament: Ezekiel 37:1-14 (Pentecost Sunday: Series B)

There is no life when one is separated from the Promised Land because that will be the place where God will send His Messiah.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
05/15/21

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

Pentecost is the event which jolts the world into taking note that something entirely new is taking place.
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