A Review of
By Amy Mantravadi
05/21/25
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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

Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
08/17/17

Jesus is Not Your Prince Charming

An orphan girl lives a monotonous life filled with loneliness serving as a slave to her stepmother and stepsisters.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
08/16/17

Postmodernism, Charlottesville and the Hope to Come….

"Are you Republican or Democrat?” “Liberal or conservative?” “Yankees or Red Sox?” “Star Wars or Star Trek?”
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
08/15/17

Go And Be Dead

We sinners share a common problem when it comes to Jesus’ parables. We read them with an eye to our own righteousness.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/15/17

One Victim, One Trauma, One Violent Death

The Christian Church is one of the last refuges in modern American society where people who have perpetrated or suffered trauma and violence can gather together to receive the truth about themselves.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
08/14/17

About Preaching Good Works

Proper preaching of good works is never for our encouragement.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/12/17

How to Prepare for the End of the World by Frying Bacon

The love of God in Jesus is our confidence when the world seems to teeter on the brink of self-destruction.
RJ Grunewald
RJ Grunewald
08/10/17

Quieting The Voices

The accusations of the voices we hear on a daily basis are deafening. There is no shortage of voices that will remind us of our failures.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
08/10/17

Stay in the Boat!

Not afraid, Jesus decided to take a different mode of transportation across the rough waters—his feet.
Elyse Fitzpatrick
Elyse Fitzpatrick
08/09/17

Standing on My Tiptoes

The conversation between four year-old Jackson and his mom in the car after dropping off his siblings at school was all-too-typical.
Bonnie Petroschuk
Bonnie Petroschuk
08/08/17

Oblivious

I walk in the local mall for exercise several times a week. I purposely avoid weekends and hours when the mall is likely to be crowded because, while I am not a racewalker, I do like to keep up a steady pace as opposed to stopping, starting and inching and this is difficult to achieve even when there are few people around.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/08/17

Not An Arbitrary and Capricious God

We were created by our heavenly Father to receive all things from Him as free gift.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
08/04/17

The Key to Discipleship

The idea is that Jesus has called His church to make disciples, and since the church doesn’t look much like the One they are following, the people need to be changed.
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