The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements
By Scott Keith
07/16/25
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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.
What Makes a Saint? A Saint Is Held By Promise
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
07/14/25

What Makes a Saint? A Saint Is Held By Promise

God doesn’t just simply give you all the things. He does so because his very own Son came down and earned all the things for you.

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Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
11/14/17

Bruised and Smoldering

“Obey God and he will bless you,” says the wind and the reed is bent over and bruised throughout. “God will never stop loving you but you can disappoint him,” says the wind and the once lit candle is now a sad smoldering wick.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/12/17

Is Your Sunday School Training Good Little Pharisees?

What happens when our children are taught to read the Scriptures as evidence that God is a heavenly Santa Claus? When happens when they think God rewards or punishes them depending on whether they've been naughty or nice?
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
11/10/17

Freedom of a Christian

Christian freedom and Christian love go together in a most wonderful way.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/06/17

Out of the Depths: When Churches Become Crime Scenes

For since it was not enough that the Lord of heaven and earth hung on our every word, the Word came down from heaven and hung upon the cross.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
11/06/17

A Purpose Driven Devil

The Devil cultivates fear of God and promotes motivation and zeal for outward works and earthly virtue out of pure eternal self-concern.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
11/02/17

Still Replacing Relics

The devil tempts us to hope in things that we can do.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/27/17

Facebook and the Edited Me

Whether we realize it or not, all these online, self-editing actions are nothing more than our admission that we believe that we are so deeply flawed that no one will love us just as we are.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/24/17

The Scariest Word in the Bible

In Christ we are freed to be for our neighbor without fear of sin and damnation falling upon us.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/23/17

Burying the Calculator: God's Gift of the Big, Fat Zero

We’re by nature counters. So long as we can add, subtract, multiply and divide something, anything, we have some measure of control and comparison.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
10/20/17

When Bondage Meets Freedom

So bondage meets freedom, and God becomes our Master through Christ.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/05/17

Samson, Sex, and the Haircut that Saved His Life

Samson knew what he wanted when he saw it, and most of the time, living by sight, he walked like a blind man straight into an ambush.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
10/05/17

I Am That Guy

We all desperately need God’s only Son to take our place, to cleanse us by His blood, to wipe away our evil deeds.
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