1. The Crushed Serpent: the Believer’s Only Hope

    book
    08/15/22
    24 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    There is only one antidote to the venom of sin and death: the Savior who becomes the serpent so that every snake-bitten-sinner might live.
    The Crushed Serpent: the Believer’s Only Hope

  2. Trusting God in Trial

    book
    08/11/22
    27 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    To “trust in God in trial” means we fight our battles by kneeling and praying to “the Holy One of Israel,” who works out our deliverance by himself.
    Trusting God in Trial

  3. A Scriptural Reflection of Luther’s Small Catechism

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    08/10/22
    18 mins
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    By Kyle G. Jones
    Take heart: God is near and he is here for you.
    A Scriptural Reflection of Luther’s Small Catechism

  4. Going Back to Square One

    book
    08/09/22
    15 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    We bring nothing with us that contributes to the preaching or the hearing of God’s promise to us.
    Going Back to Square One

  5. The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

    book
    08/02/22
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.
    The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

  6. Faith, Hope, and Love

    book
    08/01/22
    21 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
    Faith, Hope, and Love

  7. Miniature Death

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    07/19/22
    12 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    The spirit indeed is willing and desires bodily death as a gentle sleep. It does not consider it to be death; it knows no such thing as death.
    Miniature Death

  8. A Cloudy Day in the Kingdom

    book
    07/18/22
    16 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    With Christ as the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, the future is secure already. It’s solid right now, even when the cords seem to be fraying.
    A Cloudy Day in the Kingdom

  9. An Impossible Standard...Attained!

    book
    07/13/22
    10 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    In Jesus, the most totalizing summary of the law becomes the gospel of the one made perfect through obedience.
    An Impossible Standard...Attained!

  10. Marx, Prayer, and Humanity

    book
    07/12/22
    13 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    In the place of God, Marx sets the material, autonomous, self-creating man.
    Marx, Prayer, and Humanity

  11. The Law Cannot Enter The Promised Land

    book
    07/07/22
    7 mins
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    By Daniel Emery Price
    Moses is no Jesus but he, like us, is saved by Him. The law cannot enter the promised land, and yet the true and greater promised land is occupied by nothing but lawbreakers.
    The Law Cannot Enter The Promised Land

  12. Rainstorms and Reformations

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    07/06/22
    13 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Through Martin Luther, God would unleash a far greater storm than the one which overwhelmed Luther on July 2, 1505.
    Rainstorms and Reformations
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