Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside
By Bradley Gray
10/28/26
19mins

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.
The Other History of Feminism
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
10/27/26

The Other History of Feminism

Christianity does not locate freedom in radical autonomy. It does not tell either men or women that happiness consists in escaping obligations arising from relationships we did not entirely choose.
Christ Died for Losers: Confessions of a Padres Fan
Russ Lackey
Russ Lackey
10/26/26

Christ Died for Losers: Confessions of a Padres Fan

Jesus never promised me a World Series championship. He never promised that my children would always succeed or that life would go according to plan. He promised something better.

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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
06/14/18

The Paradox of Pastoral Preaching

At times, evangelical Christianity can be a paradox. For as much as Protestants have spurned Roman Catholicism, they’re much more Catholic than they’d ever like to admit.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
06/11/18

Preach Christ, Not About Christ

There is a difference between preaching about Christ and preaching Christ.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
06/01/18

The Real Threat to Our Preaching

Many Christians are worried—perhaps legitimately—that the state is a short step away from turning the Law of God into hate speech and silencing the legal preaching of God’s Word.
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
05/25/18

Woe is Me: A Different Kind of Spiritual Experience

That’s where a true encounter with God leaves you. Unable to point the finger at anyone else, all you can do is fall on your face, confess your sin, be absolved, and join the angels in singing, “Holy, holy, holy.”
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
05/23/18

Baptized With Fire

Few smells are as pervasive as the smell of smoke. Anyone who’s sat around a campfire can attest.
Daniel Deen
Daniel Deen
05/21/18

Mordor and Evangelism (Part 1)

Mordor’s bleak existence and the successful salvific mission of Frodo and Samwise is what makes Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings such a psychologically enjoyable epic.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/16/18

Whose Church Is It?

The Church of Jesus Christ is and stays Jesus' Church whether we decide it is or not.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
05/14/18

Preaching Pentecost

The miracle of Pentecost is not obvious; it is the miracle of faith created through the preaching of the word of the cross.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
05/03/18

Why Do We Go to Church?

For most of my Christian experience I was taught and I taught others that church was primarily a place to go to serve, to use your gifts, to bless others.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/01/18

Baptism, Not Our Religiosity, Is The Thing

Jesus is the end of religion.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
04/20/18

Of Werewolves and Worldviews

We are called to proclaim the life, death, and resurrection of the Answer incarnate, Jesus Christ, and in love respond to the questions that inevitably arise against it.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
04/19/18

We Only Baptize Babies

God only baptizes babies. He only saves babies. He only resurrects babies.
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