The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements
By Scott Keith
07/16/25
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The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements

The IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.
Faith That Waits
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/15/25

Faith That Waits

Chapter 3 of Habakkuk, which is often referred to as “the Psalm of Habakkuk,” is a song of catharsis, relief, faith, and profound emotion.
What Makes a Saint? A Saint Is Held By Promise
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
07/14/25

What Makes a Saint? A Saint Is Held By Promise

God doesn’t just simply give you all the things. He does so because his very own Son came down and earned all the things for you.

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
11/25/20

Creedal Thanksgiving

Because everything we possess, and everything in heaven and on earth besides, is daily given, sustained, and protected by God, it inevitably follows that we are in duty bound to love, praise, and thank him without ceasing
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/24/20

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

Trusting Jesus, worshipping our Christ, and praising him, we have the blessing of God so that we can give thanks with a grateful heart for everything he gives to us today and always.
Andrew Foss
Andrew Foss
11/23/20

You Are Forgiven

Where there’s more sin, there’s more grace! Are you comfortable with that? That the greater the sin, the greater the grace? Could it be that easy?
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
11/22/20

Preaching Advent: Some Insights from Hermann Sasse

Advent is something of a liturgical speed bump that slows us down lest we rush to Christmas but forget that the baby born in Bethlehem will return with glory and power to judge the living and the dead.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
11/22/20

Old Testament: Isaiah 64:1-9 (Advent 1: Series B)

The LORD God had promised He was coming, and they were certain there could be no better time for Him to fulfill His promise.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
11/22/20

Epistle: I Corinthians 1:3-9 (Advent 1: Series B)

Human history and especially the Christian life have a shape and Jesus is its shaper at every point.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
11/22/20

Gospel: Mark 13:24-37 (Advent 1: Series B)

Jesus desires for us to watch. The question, however, is, “How do we watch for the return of Jesus?”
Jason Lang
Jason Lang
11/20/20

Your Name is Holy

God is holy, nothing I say or do or pray is going to make God any more or less holy. So what are we praying when we say, “hallowed be your name”?
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
11/18/20

God’s Coloring Book: Mr. Sketch, Drunken Sailors, and All Things New

God is coloring over your sin and making you fragrant; he is making you righteous in his sight. The old is gone, forever covered over by this new work.
Bonnie Petroschuk
Bonnie Petroschuk
11/17/20

Was Jesus Kind?

If you get out your red-letter bible and just read the red letters, as I did today, you're in for a shock. When you read just his words, Jesus seems harsh and pretty ticked off most of the time!
Grant Klembara
Grant Klembara
11/16/20

A Poet's Conversation with Love

Love continues to gently but endlessly pursue the narrator, despite his persistence in pulling away in the opposite direction.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
11/15/20

Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46 (Pentecost 25: Series A)

In this context where death looms large, Jesus reveals a kingdom where life looms even larger.
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