How to Remember Your Baptism
By Ryan Couch
05/16/25
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How to Remember Your Baptism

When you remember your baptism, you're not recalling a ritual. You're standing under a current of divine action that has not ceased to flow since the moment those baptismal waters hit your skin.
Why We Worship
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/15/25

Why We Worship

“The fear of the Lord” is our heart’s awakening to and recognition of God’s outrageous goodness.
Surprised by Easter
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
05/14/25

Surprised by Easter

The women at the tomb were surprised by Easter. Amazed and filled with wonder at Jesus' Easter eucatastrophe. And so are we.

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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/14/18

How Much Sleep Did You Lose Over the Syrian Children?

From the untouchable living on the streets of India to the millionaire in Manhattan; from the farmer in Germany to the escort in Vegas; from the missionary in Argentina to the bartender in Ireland—they are all in the love zone of the Lord. Every. Single. One.
Mariah Coward
Mariah Coward
04/11/18

The Gospel & Hard Times

As a woman who has suffered years of abuse, there have been times in my new life when I have found myself living out Psalm 6:6.
Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
04/11/18

The Suffering Servant

Jesus, Who is truly God, became a regular Joe (or Joshua as the case may be) for us.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
04/10/18

God Is Our Salvation

Our gods expect us to be perfect, pure, and in constant control of our feelings and thoughts.
Bonnie Petroschuk
Bonnie Petroschuk
04/09/18

Not Under Law… Say What Now?

There is just something about the idea of not being ‘under Law’ that sets off all kinds of alarms in the minds of many Christians.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/08/18

Ordering God from Amazon

So much religion is all about us getting this or getting that. The God who comes to us in Jesus is all about giving us himself over and over.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/05/18

The Divine Portrait of Love

Whenever preachers get up to speak about the topic of love, they very often go to passages like 1 Corinthians 13, and they are very apt to do so — for there, under the Spirit’s design and influence, the apostle Paul gives, perhaps, the most complete view of love we’ve ever been given.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
04/05/18

He is Risen: You Can Stop Pretending Death Is OK

Because of Jesus, we don’t have to pretty up anything ugly thing in life.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
04/03/18

To Me, to Live Is Christ, And to Die Is Gain

His consolation will accompany us in the midst of sickness and death. He will strengthen us, even strengthen us to carry the cross of old age.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
03/31/18

Come, You Strippers and Sunday School Teachers

Come to the feast where evil and good, wise and foolish, shameful and shaming are welcomed as citizens of the kingdom.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
03/30/18

Christ’s Seventh Word From the Cross: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!”

So, on this Good Friday, our sinful self and all our sins rest with Jesus here in His tomb. Our transgressions are fully atoned.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/30/18

Christ’s Sixth Word From the Cross: “It Is Finished.”

At Golgotha, Jesus saves us from sin by becoming sin for us. Jesus takes all our messes, all our shame, all our guilt, all our fears and insecurities and He allows them to kill Him instead of us.
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