1. Faith Alone: Death Itself Will Be Undone

    book
    09/09/19
    12 mins
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    By Jordan Spina
    I had been taught and believed in a God who is love, but as I walked outside that night I did not see him. I saw the stars and I felt their indifference.
    Faith Alone: Death Itself Will Be Undone

  2. How Can a Blind Man Thank God for His Eyes?

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    06/19/19
    10 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    We’re messed up people with messed up bodies. All of us. Even Miss America gets hemorrhoids. The Fall mocks us in our own skin. We’re all walking sermons.
    How Can a Blind Man Thank God for His Eyes?

  3. Jesus is Not a Life Coach

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    05/23/19
    10 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    People say only two things in life are certain: death and taxes. But there are other certainties. Like the daily rising and setting of the sun. And like the fact that life itself has its risings and settings as well.
    Jesus is Not a Life Coach

  4. Mourning With Hope

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    04/23/19
    8 mins
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    By Jay Sawrie
    As I sit here on Easter Sunday, the light is coming into my living room. My dog is sitting sweetly in my lap, enjoy the light scratches on her ear and getting in my face as to stop me from writing.
    Mourning With Hope

  5. The Consolation of Weak Saints

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    02/08/19
    2 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    I have often stated above and elsewhere that it pleases me greatly and is salutary for us to hear of the weaknesses of the saints, for these examples of weakness are more necessary for us and bring more consolation than the examples of that heroic and very great fortitude and other virtues.
    The Consolation of Weak Saints

  6. Oh Death, Where is Your Victory?

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    11/30/18
    11 mins
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    By Caleb Keith
    As we enter into this year’s Advent season, this blog is a part of our series on the hope we find in, through and given by Christ, Each week’s installment will look at hope from a different perspective with special emphasis on corresponding passages of Scripture.
    Oh Death, Where is Your Victory?

  7. A Day For All Sinners and Saints

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    11/01/18
    9 mins
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    By Kyle G. Jones
    It’s been my experience that All Saints’ Day, celebrated on November 1st and observed on the first Sunday following, gets overshadowed by the celebration of Reformation Day.
    A Day For All Sinners and Saints

  8. The Gift of Belonging

    book
    10/17/18
    11 mins
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    By David Rufner
    It is only when individuals are bound together in community that they become fully human.
    The Gift of Belonging

  9. Failed Saint, Faithful Savior

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    08/28/18
    10 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Christians have long enjoyed an absurd love affair with white-washing biblical saints.
    Failed Saint, Faithful Savior

  10. We Don't Need "Worship Options" on Sunday Morning

    book
    08/03/18
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    The church is a home for the family of God. It’s not a mall, a café, a coffee shop, or Amazon. It’s where we usually don’t get what we want, but what we need.
    We Don't Need

  11. Getting Used to What Happened Tomorrow

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    07/15/18
    8 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    In God’s eyes, the last day has already happened in Jesus. We’ve already been made alive in Jesus, raised with him, and seated with him at the Father’s right hand.
    Getting Used to What Happened Tomorrow

  12. The Mute Optimist at the Open Grave

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    06/03/18
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Hope doesn’t bury its head in the sand but stares, open-eyed, into the truth of this life’s worst horror, and says, “I know the God who went through something even worse, and came out on top.
    The Mute Optimist at the Open Grave
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