By Joel Hess

04/25/25

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The Resurrection Should be Terrifying

It's one thing to hope for a new reality; it's quite another to stand before it, no matter how wonderful.

Risen Indeed: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Part 1

Brian W. Thomas

04/24/25

Risen Indeed: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Part 1

If Jesus rose from the dead, then his claims about himself and his promises to humanity warrant serious attention and response.

The Shroud of Turin, Apologetics, and the Resurrection

Adam Francisco

04/23/25

The Shroud of Turin, Apologetics, and the Resurrection

It’s easy to understand the allure of the shroud. In a skeptical age, a physical relic that appears to bear the imprint of the risen Christ seems like proof positive of the faith.

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Jeffrey Pulse

11/18/19

Old Testament: Malachi 3:13-18 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

In many ways [this text] brings to mind Judgement Day and the separation of the sheep from the goats when Christ the King comes to take His treasured possession home to be with Him in the courts of everlasting life.

John Bombaro

11/18/19

Epistles: Colossians 1:13-20 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

The epistle text from Colossians 1 declares how the great drama of redemption and human history ends.

David Schmitt

11/18/19

Gospel: Luke 23:27-43 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

God invites us to have intimate conversations in a world filled with mockery and hate. To trust Jesus reigns whenever and wherever He extends a word of promise to the displaced and the disfavored, welcoming them home.

Kelsi Klembara

11/14/19

How Do You Know They Are "the One"? Part 2 of 2

“I forgive you,” must be said and it must be said often in a marriage.

Bradley Gray

11/13/19

An Angel in the Whirlwind

The stilling of the seas is not so much a parable of words but a parable of actions. Jesus shows his apostles that they were seeing but not perceiving, hearing but not understanding who he was.

Donavon Riley

11/12/19

Will I Ever Know True Love?

We love those who enable us to see our love for ourselves reflected back at us.

Ken Sundet Jones

11/11/19

The Mix that Makes Salvation Work (aka the Hypostatic Union of Christ)

Understanding the doctrine of the hypostatic union can help us understand what God is up to in the Incarnation.

Jeffrey Pulse

11/11/19

Old Testament: Malachi 4:1-6 (Pentecost 23: Series C)

These last words of the Old Testament Scriptures prepare us for the incarnation and beyond.

John Bombaro

11/11/19

Epistle: 2 Thessalonians 3: (1-5) 6-13 (Pentecost 23: Series C)

The Gospel outpaces all would-be and eventually fleeting identity-makers and brings in the truth of a renewed-in-Christ humanity.

David Schmitt

11/11/19

Gospel: Luke 21:5-28 (Pentecost 23: Series C)

Jesus offer us this vision of violence not so we might be drawn into it but so we might be drawn through it to come closer to Him.

Luke Kjolhaug

11/06/19

I Found Jesus in the Copier Toner

As I sat there in the dark, empty church with my hands buried in the guts of a copy machine I was powerless to fix, I couldn't help feeling sorry for myself.

Pete Lange

11/06/19

The Way Home

We were lost. We didn’t know where we were going or which way to turn. We had been driving around in circles for hours with nothing to show for it. And now we weren’t sure how to find our way home - and losing hope by the minute.

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