Resurrection

326: Forde - Loser Takes All, the victory of Christ

10/21/23

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley

I’m A Loser, Baby, So Why Don’t You Resurrect Me? In this episode, we discuss the difference between our ideas of Jesus as a “winner” who gives us big wins in life versus Jesus, who wins by losing to sin, death, and the devil. We read Gerhard Forde’s article “Loser Takes All” and consider how we bend Jesus to our ideas of satisfaction, safety, and success.
Forgiven Sinners in Full Bloom

03/29/23

13 mins

By Donavon Riley

If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
299: Philipp Nicolai - The Joy of Eternal Life

03/18/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley

I’ve Got That Joy, Joy, Joy, Down in My Heart. In this episode, we discuss death, rebirth, and eternal life as examined and explained in The Joy of Eternal Life by Philip Nikolai.
Advent Time

12/02/20

7 mins

By Donavon Riley

To a world enslaved to time (because it has no future), the Church's disregard for clocks and calendars is ridiculous.
Justice is Power?

11/12/20

6 mins

By Donavon Riley

God's justice is marked and measured by sacrificial love, not power as the world defines it.
The God of Suicides and Evil People

02/10/20

10 mins

By Donavon Riley

His resurrection reveals that Jonah, and all of us, even the evilest people, are salvageable, even from suicide, in Jesus' death and resurrection.
The Promises of Advent: Resurrected

12/23/19

6 mins

By Donavon Riley

The promise of Advent is the promise of the lamb slain, who is born and given for us so that we don’t have to fear sin, death, and hell.
Life Is What Jesus Makes of it

09/03/19

7 mins

By Donavon Riley

Rather than validate our selfish, self-serving choices, he justifies us by giving us new life and baptizing us into his death and resurrection.
How Jesus Will King for Us

05/21/19

7 mins

By Donavon Riley

Jesus has won the battle. The war is over. In His death, the victory’s sure.
Jesus is the Death of death

11/20/18

10 mins

By Donavon Riley

Where Jesus says, “She’s not dead, she’s sleeping,” death dies.
When Jesus Smashes Our Religious Piggy Banks

04/17/18

6 mins

By Donavon Riley

When we focus on God's self-giving Word, when we turn our attention to Golgotha, we are shown a wholly different way of viewing the Commandments.
Whose Opinion Really Matters?

01/09/18

9 mins

By Donavon Riley

Only the poor are in need of a Savior, and only the dead need faith, hope, and love delivered to them by the hand of the Almighty.

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