By Sam P. Schuldheisz

05/30/25

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Ascension with the Inklings

When Jesus ascends, he does so, bearing gifts for you.

Reigning for You: Why the Ascension Matters

Brian W. Thomas

05/29/25

Reigning for You: Why the Ascension Matters

The ascension is not about Jesus going away. It's about Jesus taking his rightful place so that he might fill the world with his presence and power.

Philip Bartelt

05/28/25

A Review of "Shaman and Sage: The Roots of the 'Spiritual but Not Religious' in Antiquity" by Michael Horton

Those who venture through these pages will find a veritable gold mine for the task of theology today, especially in the realm of apologetics.

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Donavon Riley

01/21/20

Fighting the Leviathans of Sin and Death

One moment, we pray for our rescue from sin and death. The next moment, we beg our Father to do unto others what we hope he will never do to us.

Jeffrey Pulse

01/20/20

Old Testament: Isaiah 9:1-4 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

We preach, teach and confess the virgin birth, and rightly so, but the actual sign is not the Virgin giving birth, it is the Child who is born.

John Bombaro

01/20/20

Epistle: I Corinthians 1:10-18 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

The Church becomes anti-church when the new world order Christ inaugurated by eliminating demographic division through the commonality of Baptism is exploded by allegiance to cults of personality.

David Schmitt

01/20/20

Gospel: Matthew 4:12-25 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

This is the wonder which is present in the calling of the disciples. Not how they drop their nets to follow Jesus, but that Jesus does not need to go far to find disciples. He chooses the people He lives among.

Haroldo Camacho

01/17/20

The Law and the Conscience: An Excerpt from Martin Luther's Commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

Indeed, the law said, “You shall love the Lord your God,” but the law cannot give me such love, nor can it take my hand to grasp on to Christ.

Kyle G. Jones

01/16/20

Limping In The Faith: How the Narrative Order of Scripture Teaches the Gospel

What then does this sequence of stories teach us? It teaches us a pertinent lesson about the Christian life.

Bradley Gray

01/16/20

Salvation in the Soot of Sin

Have you ever felt haunted by fear, shame, and guilt? Have you ever worried that Jesus couldn't love you anymore? I have.

Chad Bird

01/15/20

Why Did God Add Fish to His Diet?

Throughout the Old Testament, the seas and fish were symbols of the Gentiles. When Jesus ate fish, and called fishermen, he showed us that the mission to the Gentiles was about to begin in earnest.

Donavon Riley

01/14/20

There's Nothing Wrong with You

It may seem like a radical statement, but in Christ Jesus, there’s nothing wrong with you.

John W. Hoyum

01/13/20

Law, Gospel, and Politics

Christians are free to engage in political matters, even as Christians, but the church as an institution has a responsibility not to lobby for specific political ends, however worthy and just they might be.

David Schmitt

01/13/20

Gospel: John 1:29-42 (Epiphany 2: Series A)

This is what makes the reading from John so frightening and yet so exciting. Notice how Jesus appears. Not in miracles, not in marvels, but in relationships.

John Bombaro

01/12/20

Epistle: I Corinthians 1:1-9 (Epiphany 2: Series A)

One name repeatedly emerges from the heart and mind of Paul: Jesus. Jesus is Messiah, Jesus is Savior, Jesus is the world’s rightful and reigning King.

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