1. You Are Bloody Forgiven

    book
    04/14/22
    9 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Today, Maundy Thursday, we receive the feast of Christ’s true body and blood for us, for the forgiveness of our sins. All of them.
    You Are Bloody Forgiven

  2. Never Buried Alone

    book
    03/31/22
    8 mins
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    By Daniel Emery Price
    Who we are buried with matters. But there is no need to go out and find a dead prophet so you can join him six feet under.
    Never Buried Alone

  3. The Lord’s Crumbs

    book
    03/28/22
    8 mins
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    By John Bortulin
    When you are stripped down to nothing, desperate, lowly, you will again know what she knows: the crumbs are enough, Jesus is enough, for you.
    The Lord’s Crumbs

  4. Sacred Spaces and Holy Places

    book
    03/24/22
    9 mins
    read
    By Pete Lange
    Sometimes it’s important to go far away to learn of holy places back home.
    Sacred Spaces and Holy Places

  5. 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

  6. Contentment is Preferable to Struggle

    book
    02/11/22
    5 mins
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    By 1517 Publishing
    Excerpt #1 from the new book “Withertongue Emails" by Donavon Riley.
    Contentment is Preferable to Struggle

  7. He Preached, and it Stood Firm

    book
    02/10/22
    12 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    If God ever forgives you, it is not just allowing you to start over and try harder the second time, but it is a whole, new, complete justification that is given as a free gift and without any work of our own—outside the law.
    He Preached, and it Stood Firm

  8. Our Weekly Epiphany: Boring?

    book
    01/18/22
    15 mins
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    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?

  9. Peace for Simeon, and Us

    book
    01/14/22
    10 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Our children are not our own, but even more, our children are born in need. They are sinful, from conception and from birth.
    Peace for Simeon, and Us

  10. The Words That Fill the Halls of Our Churches

    book
    01/13/22
    17 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    I write this as someone who’s genuinely concerned that American congregants are getting bamboozled by preachers who are giving them less than what they need Sunday after Sunday.
    The Words That Fill the Halls of Our Churches

  11. Jesus' Baptism

    book
    01/10/22
    13 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    You are not in debt to sin. You don’t owe it anything. There’s no reason for you to serve it.
    Jesus' Baptism

  12. Circumcision of Our Lord

    book
    01/01/22
    10 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    Christ has received the mark of law that we might be marked with the gospel, with the sign of his holy cross on our heads and hearts as redeemed children of God.
    Circumcision of Our Lord
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