A Review of
By Amy Mantravadi
05/21/25
10mins

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.
Gone Fishin'
Aaron Boerst
Aaron Boerst
05/20/25

Gone Fishin'

Forgiveness from Jesus is always surprising to us.
On Pornography, Hunger, and Holy Rescue
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/19/25

On Pornography, Hunger, and Holy Rescue

The Christ who rescues does not wait for you to be clean. He comes to clean you. He does not need your strength. He brings his own.

All Articles

Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
09/18/18

The Joy of Obedience

Can there be joy in obedience? That depends on if obedience if a free choice or the result of threats.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/18/18

Jesus Opens Us

Jesus opened our ears and mouth when He baptizes us. Jesus put His fingers into our ears, speaks to us, and washes our sins away.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/14/18

Seeing Samson's Cross-Eyed Reflection

For the past twenty years that I've been a Christian, I've not found any evidence in my reading of Judges 13-16 that qualifies Samson for the "book of faith" (Hebrews 11).
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/11/18

What Have You Done for God Lately? Too Much.

If I were the devil, I wouldn’t just entice believers to do bad things. We’re experts at that anyway.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
09/10/18

Be Counter-Cultural: Preach the Cross

Right now (and I would add, for quite some time) there has been a debate within Christianity about the whole issue of culture.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/08/18

Do I Even Matter in this World?

As every nail that Jesus hammered was a delight to his Father, so every email you send, every purchase you ring up, every table you wipe down, is a delight to the Father.
Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
09/06/18

NOT the Gospel

There was a TV show back in the ‘90s called “Dinosaurs” that I used to sneak into the living room at night to watch.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/05/18

When God Gets Ahold of Us

We all do it. It comes naturally to every human being. Since the Fall, every man and woman, every child, everyone imagines he can use experience and knowledge to figure out God.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
09/04/18

Grace for When You Can't Forgive

She was my friend, walking through marriage troubles. Her husband was unfaithful to her, with the technicalities and carefully drawn lines of “not technically sex” and justifying himself, which had wounded her deeply.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/03/18

We Get to Go Home Justified

Jesus says that none of our goodness is good enough to pass muster. Likewise, none of our badness is bad enough to propel us outside Jesus’ death for sin.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
08/30/18

Grace Twists Braids

I saw a beautiful picture of grace yesterday. A real bestowing of favor on someone less deserving.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
08/29/18

Who Did Jesus Marry?

Did Jesus ever marry? Yes, He married you!
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