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Jake Allstaedt
Jake Allstaedt

  1. A Near-Death Experience and a Nagging Question

    book
    05/24/23
    6 mins
    Jake Allstaedt
    Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.

  2. What Did Jesus Look Like?

    book
    11/19/20
    8 mins
    Jake Allstaedt
    We stand before God with a unique set of problems, diseases, and sins. The comforting truth of the Incarnation is that Jesus took my flesh. All of it.

  3. When God’s Stomach Aches

    book
    08/12/20
    10 mins
    Jake Allstaedt
    How does God feel about us sinners? God loves us so much that His stomach aches. His insides hurt. He refuses to let our sins separate us from Him. He refuses to let us die.

  4. Spoiler Alert

    book
    04/21/20
    6 mins
    Jake Allstaedt
    Spoiler alert! Jesus rose from the grave with the assurance that all believers will rise bodily with Him on the Last Day. And truth be told, Easter wasn't the first spoiler.

  5. Jesus Is Our Bronze Serpent

    book
    03/16/20
    10 mins
    Jake Allstaedt
    Looking at a bronze serpent on a pole cannot remove deadly venom coursing through your veins. But it can if God says it can.

  6. Running From Skeletons

    book
    09/11/19
    10 mins
    Jake Allstaedt
    I just can’t seem to get rid of my skeletons. Nothing I do seems to work. Running and hiding doesn’t get rid of them

  7. You’re in Good Hands

    book
    05/13/19
    9 mins
    Jake Allstaedt
    My wife and I have a nighttime routine for putting our 3-year-old son to bed that involves praying Martin Luther’s Evening Prayer.

  8. It Never Depended Upon You

    book
    09/28/18
    9 mins
    Jake Allstaedt
    I visited a senior man at his home the other day. I'll refer to him as “Jim.”

  9. We Are Nicholas

    book
    04/19/18
    7 mins
    Jake Allstaedt
    Pictures of God’s grace for us in and through His Son, Jesus, can be found in the most unlikely places. Recently, I witnessed one such picture of God’s grace during WrestleMania 34.
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