1. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  2. Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.
  3. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  4. Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
  5. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  6. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  7. An Anglo-Saxon poem gives fresh insight to the cross
  8. How the pumpkin patch has a lot to teach us about the love and work of Christ
  9. Human solutions to problems, important as they are, are inadequate to meet our deepest needs
  10. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  11. The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.
  12. It is of the utmost importance that pastors teach their congregation that through faith in Jesus Christ, they are fortified against the machinations of the adversary.