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Sam Leanza Ortiz
Sam Leanza Ortiz
07/29/25

The English New Testament at 500: William Tyndale’s Enduring Legacy

For English speakers, no Reformer comes close to Tyndale in terms of measurable impact.
Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove
Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove
11/18/21

Losing Your Life: What Aretha Franklin's Depiction in Respect Reveals about the Gospel

It is in your lows where Christ has hidden his highest high, eternal life itself.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
11/18/19

Gospel: Luke 23:27-43 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

God invites us to have intimate conversations in a world filled with mockery and hate. To trust Jesus reigns whenever and wherever He extends a word of promise to the displaced and the disfavored, welcoming them home.
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
11/07/19

Thy Kingdom Come: Waiting for Heaven in an Age of Instant Gratification

Through the means of grace, Christ grants us a share in all the blessings of this ancient hope.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/15/19

For the Baptized, this is How it Goes

We can take comfort in the knowledge that He kills the sinner so we can get a new shot at life and life eternal.
Mariah Coward
Mariah Coward
04/17/19

Easter Revival Burnout

Around Easter my mind often drifts back to all of the annual ‘Revival Services’ I attended when I was growing up. Every year they began the revival with the Easter service.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/05/17

Blessed Are The Sinners

For God, the only way He acts as Judge and Justifier for us is through Christ Jesus Who dies for sinners.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/10/16

The Story of the Better-Than-Good Samaritan

Attacked by sin, robbed by Satan, lacerated by death—there we lay, unable to help ourselves. Yet He helps us who can never help ourselves.
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
04/29/16

What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 1: Basic Grammar)

Over the next few months, I invite you to join me in looking at what the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions have to say about the subject of worship through the lens of language.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
10/14/15

From Treasure to Trash

A while back, I drove past my neighbor's house and right there in the street with the rest of the garbage were several golden trophies nearly half my height and still looking quite shiny and new.
Daniel Deen
Daniel Deen
03/31/15

When The Thing That Kills Offers Healing And Salvation

Today I had one such reflection session with the Old Testament reading, Numbers 21:4-9. The narrative involves Moses, divine herpetology, and healing. My reflections are twofold.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/26/14

When Focus on the Family Becomes Idolatry

But what does it mean to love someone or something more than we love Jesus? It means that they who were formed as a gift we transform into a god.
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