TOPIC INDEXComfort (11)

  1. Don’t Need to Explain the Trinity

    book
    05/31/21
    4 mins
    By Joel Hess Paul Koch
    We are all veterans of some sort. Wounded from little wars with no heroes welcome and scars disguised as character flaws. Let the dead bury their own. Grab a seat, O weary soldiers. Let us entertain you with a fairy tale that might be actually be real.

  2. The End Begins in Christ: In the Ring with Dr. James Voelz

    book
    02/10/21
    3 mins
    By Joel Hess Paul Koch
    "Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?" Poe is wrong. Though we have lulled ourselves asleep, the reality is far brighter and beautiful than we imagine. Christ is risen and so shall we. The dreamer who dreams is He.

  3. Meeting the End and the Beginning in Bread and Wine: In the Ring with Dr. Art Just

    book
    02/02/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess Paul Koch
    Experience the reality of God while the world is ending. Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and Dr. Arthur Just from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne explore how the real tangible gifts of God break through the shadows of this crumbling world.

  4. Honoring Emperors

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    01/26/21
    3 mins
    By Joel Hess Paul Koch
    From the city begun by Mad Anthony in 1794, some mad preachers carry on the revolutionary spirit with some spirited talk about submitting to murderous immoral pagan emperors.

  5. Interpreting the Times

    book
    01/11/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess Cindy Koch Paul Koch
    In between boarding up your windows and hauling 5 lb. drums of peanut butter down to your basement, grab a hot rum toddy, pull your muck boots up, and inject yourself with a little reality in Jesus with the Preachers.

  6. In the Ring: What is Really Real: Are Good Times Normal? with Dr. Bruce Schuchard

    book
    10/28/20
    3 mins
    By Joel Hess Paul Koch

  7. In the Ring: Preaching Reality into Times of Crisis with Dr. Bruce Schuchard

    book
    10/22/20
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess Paul Koch
    A crisis isn’t all bad. Crisis encourages us to recognize who we are and what is real. Ringside meets the Craft of Preaching with Dr. Bruce Schuchard exploring the crazy history of this sinful world and a preacher’s response to it. The Cross of Christ speaks volumes above anything that is offered as an empty solution. Come Lord Jesus!

  8. Jesus is a Better Prayer Warrior Than Me

    book
    03/09/18
    9 mins
    By Joel Hess
    Jesus went on ahead and took our cross, our sins of poor discipleship, our weak faith, our rebellion against God’s command.

  9. Spiritual Anorexia

    book
    09/07/17
    4 mins
    By Joel Hess
    She does not see a Christian in the mirror. She sees a doubter.

  10. Out of Our Minds Yet Safely in His

    book
    06/09/17
    7 mins
    By Joel Hess
    From a secret place deeper than the muscle tissue of her brain she spoke Jesus’ words. Words He planted there long ago.

  11. The Fruit of a Culture That Worships Individualism: Loneliness

    book
    02/09/17
    9 mins
    By Joel Hess
    We have now reached a point where many believe so strongly in individualism that nothing else matters.