1. Messy Saints

    book
    06/18/20
    12 mins
    read
    By Erick Sorensen
    Ultimately, you are not your problems. You are not your weaknesses. You are not your sins. You are sanctified. You are the recipient of God’s abundant, forgiving, amazing grace.
    Messy Saints

  2. Jesus Drowns Out The Storm Waves

    book
    06/09/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    As the storm waves of life crash into us, threatening to pull us down into the undertow of sin, Jesus comes and stands between us and the furious tides.
    Jesus Drowns Out The Storm Waves

  3. I Would Rather Die Than Hate You

    book
    06/01/20
    8 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    There is a time for justice. And there is a time for love. But love must always have the final word. Jesus must have the final word, because Jesus is God and God is Love.
    I Would Rather Die Than Hate You

  4. Two Kinds of Slavery

    book
    05/22/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    We are free to be in the world, but not of the world. We are freed to stop treating the pursuit of pleasure as an escape from pain, suffering, and death.
    Two Kinds of Slavery

  5. Was the Son of God a Sinner?

    book
    05/19/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Martin Luther
    I am told that it is preposterous and wicked to call the Son of God a cursed sinner. I answer: If you deny that He is a condemned sinner, you are forced to deny that Christ died.
    Was the Son of God a Sinner?

  6. Judgment Day

    book
    05/12/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Kathy Morales
    As we stand before our Lord dead in our transgressions and guilt, Jesus pronounces His judgment upon us. He absolves us.
    Judgment Day

  7. The Older Brother & The Carpool Lane

    book
    04/06/20
    8 mins
    read
    By Brandon Pangman
    Christianity is about forgiveness for the sake of Christ. Yet often, we who have been forgiven much are sitting around expecting much from others.
    The Older Brother & The Carpool Lane

  8. Will God Forgive Me… Again?

    book
    03/30/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    We must put away a whitewashed Christianity that says that God simply forgives because He is nice, kind, loving, gentle, etc. That is not how forgiveness works.
    Will God Forgive Me… Again?

  9. Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down

    book
    03/17/20
    9 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    The whole world's sin, the crushing horror of death's power, and even hell itself were unleashed on that hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was executed.
    Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down

  10. Jesus Is Our Bronze Serpent

    book
    03/16/20
    10 mins
    read
    By Jake Allstaedt
    Looking at a bronze serpent on a pole cannot remove deadly venom coursing through your veins. But it can if God says it can.
    Jesus Is Our Bronze Serpent

  11. Dear Death, What Has Become of Your Spear?

    book
    03/12/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Martin Luther
    Paul says that the power of sin is the law. The more clearly we understand the law, the more sin oppresses and stings us.
    Dear Death, What Has Become of Your Spear?

  12. Lead Us into Temptation

    book
    02/27/20
    6 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    There’s a delicious freedom to wrongdoing. It taps a primal desire within us for rebellion. We feel liberated, unshackled by demands to be this way, do this, avoid that. We become masters of our own destiny.
    Lead Us into Temptation
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