Bold Preaching, Imperfect Vessels: Remembering John MacArthur
By Erick Sorensen
07/23/25
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Bold Preaching, Imperfect Vessels: Remembering John MacArthur

MacArthur’s courage to speak Scripture’s truth, no matter the audience, should be commended.
An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: Ordinary Water
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
07/22/25

An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: Ordinary Water

This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 74-77.
A Review of
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
07/21/25

A Review of "The Church: A Guide to the People of God" by Brad East

“The Church exists to tell anyone and everyone who knocks on her door wondering what’s inside: Come and see” (pg. 58). Such reminders make The Church a worthwhile read.

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Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
08/30/18

Grace Twists Braids

I saw a beautiful picture of grace yesterday. A real bestowing of favor on someone less deserving.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
08/30/18

The Imperfection of Our Longings

Sehnsucht can echo the truth, but only Scripture reveals the God who experiences it.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/27/18

Theses 9-10: The Dead, the Deadly and the Righteous

This is the fifth installment in our special series on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 9 and 10 by Caleb Keith.
Larry D. Hughes
Larry D. Hughes
08/24/18

Theses 7-8: Let Your Works Be Damnable

This is the fourth installment in our special series on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 5 and 6 by Caleb Keith.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
08/23/18

Hearing the Gospel with Old Testament Ears

As a bass player, when I listen to music, I listen for what the bassist is doing. But, when I listen to music in my 2004 Honda Civic I have a problem: only one of the four speakers works.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
08/22/18

Revelation 1:4-5 | What Happens When the Triune God Shows Up? | 005

Amazing things. That’s what happens when the Triune God shows up in Jesus Christ.
Grant Klembara
Grant Klembara
08/21/18

Biblical Inerrancy in a Postmodern World

Press further on the historicity of the Bible, and we start to get fidgety.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/20/18

What to Make of the Holy Spirit

We prefer this to be switched around. We want something to happen in us before anything happens outside of us.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
08/17/18

Theses 5-6: The Deadly Sin in All of Us

This is the third installment in our special series on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 5 and 6 by Caleb Keith.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
08/15/18

A Look at True Proclamation of the Gospel

The Confessions instead look forward and provide a critique of the world and of all my various religions and idolatries.
Dan van Voorhis
Dan van Voorhis
08/10/18

Theses 3 & 4: The Inverted Way of Jesus

This is the second installment in our special series on Luther’s, Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 3 and 4 done by Caleb Keith.
Jay Sawrie
Jay Sawrie
08/09/18

Escape from Monkey Hill

It has been three years since Allyson and I honeymooned in New Orleans. We had a great time eating our way through the French Quarter, learning to drive in a city of only ways, and forgetting that real life existed for only a few days.
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