TOPIC INDEXJesus Christ (26)

  1. You Can’t Always Outrun the Pain. That’s OK.

    book
    04/12/19
    19 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    Have you ever read the Old Testament book of Lamentations? It’s not one of those Bible books that tend to make it too often onto devotional lists, sermon schedules or motivational posters.

  2. The Dung-Slinging God

    book
    02/11/19
    20 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    The prophet Jonah longed for one thing: to see the Assyrian city of Nineveh utterly destroyed by the wrath of God. His wish eventually came true

  3. The Joy of Obedience

    book
    09/18/18
    18 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    Can there be joy in obedience? That depends on if obedience if a free choice or the result of threats.

  4. When God Wounds

    book
    08/01/18
    11 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    Life is certainly unfair. But in Christ, at least in part, we rejoice at such a notion. Grace, that great descriptor of God’s devotion, is a word that only finds its purpose, only exists at all, because it exists as a response to guilt.

  5. A Walk In The Woods: Enchanted by Christ

    book
    07/02/18
    18 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    A few minutes from where I live there is a flat trail that leads for miles through a thick forest.

  6. The Resurrection is Not Greater than the Cross

    book
    03/06/18
    23 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    We all look forward to Lent’s conclusion and the celebration of Resurrection Sunday. This is the Sunday of victory and joy as the Church enters into the reality that Christ has defeated death and hell, declared victory over such enemies and set history on its final course of consummation.

  7. The Cross in a Culture of Self-Promotion

    book
    12/15/17
    12 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    If the cross were to happen today, not on Golgotha, but in our own locale, would we take selfies?

  8. The Fog of Fear: Panic Attacks, Anxiety and Being Overwhelmed

    book
    07/25/17
    15 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    You can see it far off, looming on the horizon, a thick fog menacing off the coast and swirling in the distance. You know the signs.

  9. Do Pets Go To Heaven? Why I Think So…

    book
    05/18/17
    26 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    As a pastor I am often asked if pets go to heaven? The question may sound childish, or even sentimental, but it is extremely important for those who ask it.

  10. Living Out Forgiveness

    book
    03/01/17
    15 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    One of the common things I see my congregants struggle with is the concept of forgiveness. Contrary to what I had assumed would be the case, I find congregants don’t struggle so much with giving forgiveness as they do living with forgiveness.

  11. Please, Sing to Me!

    book
    10/10/16
    15 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    I once heard an old, retired Lutheran professor give in interview on a podcast. He was asked by the interviewer why people should bother going to church if they could just be saved through a personal relationship with Jesus?

  12. Why Did Jesus Scold Peter for Trying?

    book
    09/14/16
    19 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    It is often the case that when dealing Divine, we find ourselves befuddled. For as relatable and surprisingly vulnerable God is as the man Jesus, he seems, at times, to retain a certain aloofness, a type of distance.
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