By Jason Oakland

05/23/25

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A Hidden God Revealed in Promise

God chooses to clothe himself in promises and hides himself in his word.

Ryan Matthias

05/22/25

At the Edge of the Abyss

Jesus dove into the waters of baptism, plunging into our deepest need to rescue us.

Amy Mantravadi

05/21/25

A Review of "Raised in Splendor: The Hope of Glorification for a Secular Age by Jason B. Alligood

Alligood is at pains to stress that glorification is not the result of our own efforts any more than sanctification or justification.

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Peter Nafzger

01/27/20

Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (Epiphany 4: Series A)

Our first mistake in thinking about the blessed life is we expect to experience it fully in this life.

John Bombaro

01/27/20

Epistle: Hebrews 2:14-18 (The Purification of Mary but also the Presentation of Our Lord)

This passage, above all others, speaks most fully about Jesus as the elder brother, the firstborn, of a large family; the family of God the Father, Creator of humankind.

Jeffrey Pulse

01/27/20

Old Testament: Micah 6:1-8 (Epiphany 4: Series A)

A close examination of the entire life and ministry of Jesus reflects the Exodus event, and Jesus is the New Moses/the prophet like Moses.

Donavon Riley

01/21/20

The Answer to All Our Questions About Salvation and Vocation

We confuse salvation and vocation in our quest to determine who is in control of our salvation.

Donavon Riley

01/21/20

Fighting the Leviathans of Sin and Death

One moment, we pray for our rescue from sin and death. The next moment, we beg our Father to do unto others what we hope he will never do to us.

Robert Kolb

01/20/20

Siegfried Sack’s Homiletics

Above all, pastors must aim their preaching at the people God has placed in the care of the pastor rather than airing pious ideas that did not speak to their situations.

Jeffrey Pulse

01/20/20

Old Testament: Isaiah 9:1-4 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

We preach, teach and confess the virgin birth, and rightly so, but the actual sign is not the Virgin giving birth, it is the Child who is born.

John Bombaro

01/20/20

Epistle: I Corinthians 1:10-18 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

The Church becomes anti-church when the new world order Christ inaugurated by eliminating demographic division through the commonality of Baptism is exploded by allegiance to cults of personality.

David Schmitt

01/20/20

Gospel: Matthew 4:12-25 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

This is the wonder which is present in the calling of the disciples. Not how they drop their nets to follow Jesus, but that Jesus does not need to go far to find disciples. He chooses the people He lives among.

Haroldo Camacho

01/17/20

The Law and the Conscience: An Excerpt from Martin Luther's Commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

Indeed, the law said, “You shall love the Lord your God,” but the law cannot give me such love, nor can it take my hand to grasp on to Christ.

Ryan Couch

01/14/20

Good News for Resolution Failures

When we talk about bettering ourselves, we need to realize that a theology of the cross does not militate against this endeavor but that it places it squarely in the horizontal realm.

John W. Hoyum

01/13/20

Law, Gospel, and Politics

Christians are free to engage in political matters, even as Christians, but the church as an institution has a responsibility not to lobby for specific political ends, however worthy and just they might be.

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