1. No Disguises

    book
    02/23/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Brad Soenksen
    I may feel today that the Lord has not found me, but in fact he has – he is intimately acquainted with all my ways.
    No Disguises

  2. The Most Shameful Thing I’ve Ever Done

    book
    02/21/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    God saves us through people. He saves us through means. He puts a voice on the gospel.
    The Most Shameful Thing I’ve Ever Done

  3. No Other Name!

    book
    02/17/22
    13 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    Only in Christ has God taken upon himself the worst that could ever happen between God and man: he has allowed himself to be rejected.
    No Other Name!

  4. Doesn’t Everything Die at Last, and Too Soon?

    book
    02/16/22
    14 mins
    read
    By A. A. Just Jr.
    Maybe it was because I read this book to put myself to sleep. But maybe the lack of any Christian references was part of my sadness.
    Doesn’t Everything Die at Last, and Too Soon?

  5. Test the Spirits

    book
    02/09/22
    9 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    The language of faith speaks promise and persecution, hope and trial, victory and pain. The language of the world may well speak the former, but rarely the latter.
    Test the Spirits

  6. Rest Doesn't Come Cheap

    book
    02/02/22
    8 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    Rest doesn’t come cheap. Perhaps there’s no scarcer commodity in our time. Plenty sell it, but there’s no warranty, and it seldom lasts.
    Rest Doesn't Come Cheap

  7. No Going Back

    book
    01/31/22
    9 mins
    read
    By Pete Lange
    The sword of the spirit in Holy Scripture does indeed show us our sin, but thanks be to God, it also shows us our Savior.
    No Going Back

  8. Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

    book
    01/27/22
    13 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.
    Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

  9. The Mountain that Israel Moved

    book
    01/27/22
    10 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    In Israel, once a year, a priestly climber would reach the peak of a very different kind of mountain. Here's his story.
    The Mountain that Israel Moved

  10. Jesus' Transfiguration and Disfiguration

    book
    01/24/22
    6 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    If we think God’s power, love and beauty are reserved merely for the glories of Transfiguration, then we have not understood the Father; we have not understood divine revelation.
    Jesus' Transfiguration and Disfiguration

  11. Grace and Peace for Stubborn Sins

    book
    01/21/22
    8 mins
    read
    By Martin Luther
    Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.
    Grace and Peace for Stubborn Sins

  12. Our Weekly Epiphany: Boring?

    book
    01/18/22
    15 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    Here, robed in Word and Sacrament, is your King, infant though He be, come out of eternity into time to bring you out of time and into eternity.
    Our Weekly Epiphany: Boring?
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