Is Faith Enough?
By Heather Schulz
01/22/26
10mins

Is Faith Enough?

We can bring our troubles, griefs, sorrows, and sins to Jesus, who meets us smack dab in the middle of our messy mob.
Why Christian Tradition? Why Confession
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/21/26

Why Christian Tradition? Why Confession

Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.
When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not
Russ Lackey
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Mark Mattes
Mark Mattes
01/20/26

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.

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Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
09/06/18

NOT the Gospel

There was a TV show back in the ‘90s called “Dinosaurs” that I used to sneak into the living room at night to watch.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
09/04/18

Learning the Cycle of Gospel Proclamation

True preaching arises when the Holy Spirit steeps the proclaimer in its own cycle of judgment and mercy.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
08/30/18

Grace Twists Braids

I saw a beautiful picture of grace yesterday. A real bestowing of favor on someone less deserving.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/25/18

Our Retribution Shrines: Why Forgiving Others Hurts Like Religion

For on the other side of the death of forgiveness is the resurrection of joy. An easter in which we emerge from the tomb in the arms of the man whose scars glow with mercy.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
08/15/18

A Look at True Proclamation of the Gospel

The Confessions instead look forward and provide a critique of the world and of all my various religions and idolatries.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/06/18

Marriage Is Settling for the Okayest Spouse

Marriage is the ideal school in which to learn that we are not the center of the universe. We’re not created to live for ourselves. We find our true humanity only when we live for other people.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
08/06/18

Carseats, Gluten, and Opinionated Bloggers

Never has the law fallen so hard on me as in motherhood. Never before was I more aware that my best wasn’t good enough.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
08/01/18

When Church is Exhausting, You're Doing it Wrong

When those who are serving joyfully and willingly are instead encouraged to complain that they are carrying the load for the rest of the body, all hope is lost.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/31/18

No, Kids, You Can't Be Anything You Want to Be

Rather than telling our children, “You can be anything you want to be,” let’s tell them, “Be the best possible servant you can be.”
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/31/18

Set Free to Forgive and Love

Jesus dies for the sin of the world. That means he dies for the person who disappoints us. He shed His blood for the person who doesn’t love us the way we want to be loved.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/26/18

Justification Is Simple

The Gospel is simple to confess. That is, we are justified by faith alone, through Christ alone, without the works of the Law.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
07/23/18

Is James Preaching the Social Gospel?

No matter which side, it’s easy for all of us to build Bible verses into grenades aimed at obliterating the political other.
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