1. Rustling Leaves and a Guilty Conscience

    book
    05/09/22
    12 mins
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    By Scott Landrum
    Make no mistake, sinners are in fact being pursued by a most hideous beast called sin, death, and the devil, unleashed and striking continuously.
    Rustling Leaves and a Guilty Conscience

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

    book
    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

  3. Judas at Mass

    book
    05/02/22
    10 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    On May 2nd, Cantate Sunday, in the year 1507, Luther celebrated his first Mass.
    Judas at Mass

  4. Becoming Human Again

    book
    04/29/22
    13 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    What the gospel promises is not escape from our humanity, but resurrection from the dead.
    Becoming Human Again

  5. Do the Words of Baptism Matter?

    book
    04/25/22
    7 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    To give us God’s name, the name that is above every name, Christ gave us the exact words to say at baptism: the name of the triune God who is three persons, one God: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
    Do the Words of Baptism Matter?

  6. Graciously Keep Me This Night

    book
    04/22/22
    11 mins
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    By Steve Kruschel
    This book is not in your hands so that we can simply commiserate with each other’s difficulties. It is meant to pierce your sin-darkened night with the light of God’s Word.
    Graciously Keep Me This Night

  7. Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

    book
    04/21/22
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    I want the beginning of my funeral to be focused on Jesus, as well as the middle, the end, and every point in between.
    Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

  8. Never Buried Alone

    book
    03/31/22
    8 mins
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    By Daniel Emery Price
    Who we are buried with matters. But there is no need to go out and find a dead prophet so you can join him six feet under.
    Never Buried Alone

  9. God's Command to Save You

    book
    03/29/22
    6 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    The promise here is that God is present with us in our troubles, issuing commands to save us before we ask. God does not ignore our suffering and cries.
    God's Command to Save You

  10. Love Begets Love

    book
    03/25/22
    3 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    We cannot love first. Therefore God comes, takes hold of the heart, and says: "Learn to know me."
    Love Begets Love

  11. The Book of Esther and the Name of God

    book
    03/22/22
    12 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    God is often hidden in history, even as we make it now, but He is always manifest where He has promised to be.
    The Book of Esther and the Name of God

  12. You Can Die Now

    book
    03/17/22
    5 mins
    read
    By Gerhard Forde
    You can die now, you can let go, and because that is true, you can begin to live!
    You Can Die Now
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