By Karen Stenberg

01/15/25

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Do I Have the Right Words?

God reminded me that it's not my job to logic and argue people into heaven, even when those people are my children.

Bradley Gray

01/14/25

This Is Your Story

The gospel is best understood in terms of those two most important words: for you.

Wade Johnston

01/13/25

Epiphany Every Day

Epiphany is one of the most important festivals of the church year, although often sadly overlooked.

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Donavon Riley

05/10/18

God's Love Song Of Salvation

If we get past Sunday School moralizing what do we discover in the Old Testament?

Bror Erickson

05/04/18

Romans: A Devotional Commentary From Bo Giertz

An introduction to Bo Giertz's, Romans: A Devotional Commentary

Scott Davis

04/26/18

Reading Paul With A Southern Drawl

How should we read Paul, ya’ll? Why reading the Bible like a Southerner makes sense of confusing passages.

Donavon Riley

04/16/18

How Luther Taught Me to Read the Bible

I’ve always been more at home in the Old Testament than in the New Testament.

Joel Hess

04/05/18

He is Risen: You Can Stop Pretending Death Is OK

Because of Jesus, we don’t have to pretty up anything ugly thing in life.

Scott Davis

03/31/18

Chocolate Bunnies, Bouncy Houses, Bread And Wine

Well, it is springtime! Just as you can always expect flowers to begin blooming, the days getting a little longer and everyone’s mood getting a little brighter, there’s something else you can always expect this time of the year.

Steven A. Hein

03/30/18

Christ’s Seventh Word From the Cross: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!”

So, on this Good Friday, our sinful self and all our sins rest with Jesus here in His tomb. Our transgressions are fully atoned.

Donavon Riley

03/30/18

Christ’s Sixth Word From the Cross: “It Is Finished.”

At Golgotha, Jesus saves us from sin by becoming sin for us. Jesus takes all our messes, all our shame, all our guilt, all our fears and insecurities and He allows them to kill Him instead of us.

Brian W. Thomas

03/30/18

Christ’s Fifth Word From the Cross: “I Thirst.”

Jesus’ death was a direct fulfillment of the will of His Father as promised in the Scriptures.

Dan van Voorhis

03/30/18

Christ’s Fourth Word From the Cross: “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?”

Jesus was praying a Psalm. Psalm 22 to be precise, and both the Gospels of Matthew and Mark relay the story to us of Jesus praying that Psalm on the cross at the hour of His death.

Kelsi Klembara

03/30/18

Christ’s Third Word From the Cross: “…Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise.”

Through this promise, God does not let us escape death because in and through Jesus He overcame death.

Cindy Koch

03/30/18

Christ’s Second Word From the Cross: His Testament to Mary and John

This Savior’s love for His church is no small thing. He gives up His own life so that she will live.

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