1. Dying (and Living) on the Slopes of Sola Fide

    book
    04/05/22
    35 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    My one hope of not only entering a right relationship with God but also stepping into glory is the same: it’s Christ. It’s always Christ.
    Dying (and Living) on the Slopes of Sola Fide

  2. Test the Spirits

    book
    02/09/22
    9 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    The language of faith speaks promise and persecution, hope and trial, victory and pain. The language of the world may well speak the former, but rarely the latter.
    Test the Spirits

  3. Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

    book
    01/27/22
    13 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.
    Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

  4. Peace for Simeon, and Us

    book
    01/14/22
    10 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Our children are not our own, but even more, our children are born in need. They are sinful, from conception and from birth.
    Peace for Simeon, and Us

  5. Stop Doing Good Works to God

    book
    01/03/22
    6 mins
    read
    By Martin Luther
    Faith should later again flow forth from our heart’s depths to our neighbor freely and unhindered in good works; not that we wish to rest our salvation in them; for God will not have that, but wishes the conscience to rest in himself alone.
    Stop Doing Good Works to God

  6. QAnon, Christianity, and Belief in a Resurrection

    book
    12/07/21
    18 mins
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    By Grant Klembara
    So what, if anything, makes us different from those who are waiting on the grassy knoll in Dallas, TX? Can we be any more sure of our belief in the resurrection?
    QAnon, Christianity, and Belief in a Resurrection

  7. The Antidote to "Sadvent"

    book
    11/30/21
    9 mins
    read
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    If Jesus is indeed the same yesterday, today, and forever, everything his enfleshment brings is already assured: life, salvation, and forgiveness.
    The Antidote to

  8. Offering the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

    book
    11/22/21
    8 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    That's how true faith talks. It doesn't talk about itself. It says "Thank you!" to the one who gives healing and salvation.
    Offering the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

  9. On Demystifying the Church

    book
    11/13/21
    12 mins
    read
    By Kelsi Klembara
    The church is the only place God promises to lift us out of ourselves not in order to become more like God but so that we may finally be freed from our obsession with becoming little gods.
    On Demystifying the Church

  10. Under What Bridge Am I Going to Live with My Kids?

    book
    11/04/21
    8 mins
    read
    By Haroldo Camacho
    Jesus meets us in our life of lies, in our falsehoods, in the untruth of our being, and in the company, we create to cover up our nakedness.
    Under What Bridge Am I Going to Live with My Kids?

  11. Reformation Day: Cancerous Tumors and a 7th c. Prophet

    book
    11/01/21
    8 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    What do Habakkuk and Israel have? Nothing but the word of God. Nothing but the promise of God. Nothing but God himself.
    Reformation Day: Cancerous Tumors and a 7th c. Prophet

  12. Not Guilty! A Sermon for Reformation Day

    book
    10/30/21
    13 mins
    read
    By Craig Donofrio
    In contrast to the human courts of our land, the Divine court never makes errors nor excuses
    Not Guilty! A Sermon for Reformation Day
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