1. Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

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    06/06/22
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    After the big, splashy, exciting day of Pentecost in Acts 2, church life faded into the ordinary life of ragtag sinners encountering the God of the cross coming to them in seemingly unawesome ways. What can we learn from this?
    Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

  2. Not Drunk As You Suppose

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    06/03/22
    12 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    That on Pentecost God’s Spirit should function through a dozen seeming inebriates should be no surprise when this same God saves through the ignominy of the cross.
    Not Drunk As You Suppose

  3. Trusting in What You Cannot See

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    05/30/22
    22 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    In the face of abject evil, these two faithfully cling to the words and truths of he alone who is Good, Jehovah God.
    Trusting in What You Cannot See

  4. What We See in the Cross is Love

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    05/27/22
    16 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    If you want something empty, the tomb is the way to go. The point of the manger is that Jesus was in it. The point of the cross is that Jesus was on it.
    What We See in the Cross is Love

  5. Stay With Us

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    05/26/22
    8 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Just as the disciples on the road to Emmaus recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread, so we, through the working of the Holy Spirit, recognize our Lord in the Word and Sacraments.
    Stay With Us

  6. The Problem With I

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    05/24/22
    13 mins
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    By Zack James Cole
    There is someone outside of I, someone outside of you, that our faith and hope is in.
    The Problem With I

  7. A Place that Knows Me

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    05/20/22
    18 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    We worry about the fact our days are as grass – so we try to scratch out a place for ourselves, to make a permanent, lasting place, to climb to higher places and succeed, more often than not, only to hurt each other in the process.
    A Place that Knows Me

  8. The Judge and the Judgment

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    05/17/22
    26 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    God's Son comes to deal with the infestation of sin, but in an unforeseen twist of grace, he’s the only one who goes under the knife.
    The Judge and the Judgment

  9. You are a God who Hides Himself

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    05/11/22
    8 mins
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    By David Clay
    God excludes our boasting out of his abundant mercy.
    You are a God who Hides Himself

  10. God Has Swallowed Death, Whose Belly Christ Has Burst

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    05/06/22
    7 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Nothing stands against you. Only Christ stands now, and he is for you, more for you than you could ever know, for you like nothing else that has ever loved you.
    God Has Swallowed Death, Whose Belly Christ Has Burst

  11. Joseph's Moment of Truth

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    05/05/22
    16 mins
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    By Steve Kruschel
    If you sit where Joseph sits, then you also face the choice that Joseph faced. Do you respond with vengeance?
    Joseph's Moment of Truth

  12. Restored to Life

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    05/04/22
    22 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    The God who abundantly restores is still in the business of total restoration, even today. Even now the God of heaven restores dead sinners to life.
    Restored to Life
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