1. Rejoicing in the Spoils of a Triumph We Didn’t Win

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    03/23/22
    32 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    The Word of the Lord is sure. The enemy is defeated. Salvation is waiting for you.
    Rejoicing in the Spoils of a Triumph We Didn’t Win

  2. The Book of Esther and the Name of God

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    03/22/22
    12 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    God is often hidden in history, even as we make it now, but He is always manifest where He has promised to be.
    The Book of Esther and the Name of God

  3. Mercy for the Mephibosheths

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    02/07/22
    23 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Mephibosheth’s story is a living parable of the gospel. It reeks of redemption, demonstrating precisely what Christ does for even the chiefest of sinners.
    Mercy for the Mephibosheths

  4. Victims & Villains

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    02/03/22
    12 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    The world we inhabit is wrong in so many ways, and a holistic approach to this “wrongness” traces its cause both to sin itself and to the effects of sin.
    Victims & Villains

  5. A Review of 'Figuring Resurrection' by Jeffrey Pulse

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    01/07/22
    15 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Viewing the Word as a unified theological narrative prevents us from treating the Scriptures like a cage match between competing theological systems, with prophets duking it out with apostles, and psalmists with evangelists, all supposedly fighting for their voice to be heard.
    A Review of 'Figuring Resurrection' by Jeffrey Pulse

  6. They Brought Gifts and So Do We

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    01/06/22
    14 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Meeting the crown prince is one thing; meeting God in the flesh, as the Light of the Gentiles and the Savior of the world is another.
    They Brought Gifts and So Do We

  7. Circumcision of Our Lord

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    01/01/22
    10 mins
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    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

  8. Heaven Came Down

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    12/31/21
    13 mins
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    By Brad Soenksen
    This Christmas season we are thankful that even though we “fallers” are unable to climb up to God, he came down the ladder to us.
    Heaven Came Down

  9. Christmas in Isaiah: Dog Soldiers, Army Boots, and Baby Jesus

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    12/22/21
    13 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Gideon’s “foolish” weaponry of clay jars and shofars will give way to the Messiah’s “foolish” ways of doing things, for his weapons will be humility, fidelity, and, above all, the word of his Father.
    Christmas in Isaiah: Dog Soldiers, Army Boots, and Baby Jesus

  10. Christmas in Isaiah: The Dawning of a New Light

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    12/20/21
    11 mins
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    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Because of Christ, we find safety and healing in the light. Because of Christ, we do not have to be afraid of the truth that his light reveals.
    Christmas in Isaiah: The Dawning of a New Light

  11. Consider Jesus

    book
    12/15/21
    11 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Moses was sent to keep the house in order, but this Child is sent to bring the house home, and you are part of that house, the household of God.
    Consider Jesus

  12. Nothing But the Blood

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    12/13/21
    31 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Your Christian faith is a bloody faith, and that ought not make you fearful or scared or embarrassed.
    Nothing But the Blood
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