Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue
By Kelsi Klembara
10/30/26
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Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.
Messengers, Angels, and Apostles
Mark Duerr
Mark Duerr
10/29/26

Messengers, Angels, and Apostles

While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.
Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/28/26

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/01/18

Waking Up as a Dragon

Thank God for heroes: they inspire us to be better, to help others, to live and work for the good of our race. And thank God for villains, too: they incarnate our shadow side, our nocturnal soul, the dragon within us that must incessantly have its throat slit on the altar of repentance.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
10/31/18

Revelation 2-3 | Seven Letters to Seven Churches | 012

My email was once hacked and read, then used to send emails to contacts in my address book.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
10/29/18

Forgiveness Is Finished

I’ve had a lot of nasty things done to me in my 43 years of life. Many of which were done by church people while we were worshipping and serving Jesus together.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
10/29/18

The Almost Forgiven

Since Adam, we are all illegal and undocumented aliens in God’s country.
Mark Jasa
Mark Jasa
10/25/18

Cutting Off Our Sin

But there is something far more serious and important: being reconciled to our Father in Heaven.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
10/24/18

The Gospel is Only for Consumers

Perhaps the answer to creating a healthier church and a more invested people is found in preaching more clearly the full freeing Gospel.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
10/23/18

Self-Esteem?

What do you think of when you hear the term “self-esteem”?
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/22/18

A Christian’s Satanic Comfort

The devil isn’t a popular subject nowadays. The argument is made that we’ve progressed as a culture.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
10/17/18

Revelation 1:10-20 | What Kind of God Is This? Part 3 | 011

Finally, we draw near the end of this three-part article on Revelation 1:10-20.
Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
10/16/18

On Being Haunted

I am often haunted by my past. I am daily haunted by what I should be doing.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/16/18

Walking in Forgiveness

Jesus’ forgiveness will not collapse. Jesus’ forgiveness will take us places our legs can’t take us.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
10/10/18

Revelation 1:10-20 | What Kind of God Is This? Part 2 | 010

The white hair of Jesus’ head teaches us that the Gospel is an ancient mystery.
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