What Christ Gave Up for Us
By John Bombaro
07/18/25
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What Christ Gave Up for Us

The way of the cross is the actual way of victory. Jesus absorbs the worst of what humanity and even the devil can do to him, and he spurns the shame of it all.
The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
07/16/25

The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements

The IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.
Faith That Waits
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/15/25

Faith That Waits

Chapter 3 of Habakkuk, which is often referred to as “the Psalm of Habakkuk,” is a song of catharsis, relief, faith, and profound emotion.

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John Bombaro
John Bombaro
03/08/20

Epistle: Romans 5:1-8 (Lent 3: Series A)

We were enemies, but because of the self-sacrificing love of Christ, we are made friends, indeed, even the adopted children of our Heavenly Father.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
03/08/20

Gospel: John 4:5-26 (27-30, 39-42) (Lent 3: Series A)

Jesus sits by the well as a shepherd, coming to offer this woman a life-giving stream.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
03/05/20

The Worst Prayer to Pray: The Third Petition of the Lord's Prayer

When we pray, “Thy will be done,” we are praying a cosmic, grand and mighty prayer.
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.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
03/01/20

Old Testament: Genesis 12:1-9 (Lent 2: Series A)

The Church is called to be counter-cultural, to stand out in order that the world might see and hear the truth and be brought into the Kingdom.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
03/01/20

Epistle: Romans 4:1-8, 13-17 (Lent 2: Series A)

Paul says he would inherit the entire world, not merely a little plot of land between Egypt and Syria. This is what God is after in the Messiah: All people and the entire Earth.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
03/01/20

Gospel: John 3:1-17 (Lent 2: Series A)

Jesus promises to work for you, forgiving your sins, but He also promises to work through you, forming you into a witness to the world.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
02/28/20

Apologetic Anthropologic

The original sin of Genesis 3 was not gutter-style-sin, but glory-style-sin. It was more of an upward grasp than a downward fall. - Nathan Hoff
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.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
02/26/20

The Ashes of Hope

Ash Wednesday confronts us with our true nature, our mortality, and marks us with the only escape from it: the cross of Christ.
Michael Berg
Michael Berg
02/24/20

Jesus' Transfiguration and Our Lenses of Glory

God says, “Cross,” and we say, “Glory!” Sometimes – a lot of times – he knocks the glory glasses off our faces.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
02/24/20

Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11 (Lent 1: Series A)

But this is not a story of Jesus being taken many places. This is a story of Jesus remaining in one place and deepening in His love of the Spirit and the Father.
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