1. Our Dissident Identity

    book
    08/29/22
    19 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    Being the baptized just may be the last, great resistance.
    Our Dissident Identity

  2. A True Fish Story

    book
    08/24/22
    15 mins
    read
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The Ichthus is a confession in picture form, a visual sermon of the gospel of Christ crucified.
    A True Fish Story

  3. Your Church Isn't Jesus

    book
    08/23/22
    11 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Don't lose hope. Don't avoid church on Sunday morning.
    Your Church Isn't Jesus

  4. 1 John 2:1-11: Lovers and Liars

    book
    08/19/22
    17 mins
    read
    By Luke Kjolhaug
    Walking in the light doesn't entail a spotless moral record but rather an honest appraisal of who we are.
    1 John 2:1-11: Lovers and Liars

  5. 1 John 1:1-4: Not "My" Jesus

    book
    08/05/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Bob Hiller
    There is power in the name of Jesus, and we love to manipulate power for our own ends.
    1 John 1:1-4: Not

  6. Christ’s Comfort in Our Crisis

    book
    08/04/22
    30 mins
    read
    By Bradley Gray
    Our comfort in this seemingly endless age of crisis after crisis is the inexhaustible hope of Jesus’s reversal.
    Christ’s Comfort in Our Crisis

  7. Faith, Hope, and Love

    book
    08/01/22
    21 mins
    read
    By Steven Paulson
    Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
    Faith, Hope, and Love

  8. Church Fathers: Gregory the Great, Pastoral Pope

    book
    07/29/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Sam Leanza Ortiz
    Gregory is a bridge between the patristic age and the medieval.
    Church Fathers: Gregory the Great, Pastoral Pope

  9. Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

    book
    07/20/22
    17 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self.
    Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

  10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    book
    07/11/22
    11 mins
    read
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Whatever body part you are, the body of Christ is no pod person. Together, we’re a living, breathing, deathless whole.
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  11. An Excerpt from Limping with God

    book
    07/01/22
    11 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    Following Jesus, we gimp our way down the dark and slippery paths of life. As we do, we discover, ironically, that the longer we follow him, the weaker we become, and the more we lean on our Lord.
    An Excerpt from Limping with God

  12. What is the Purpose of a Worship Service?

    book
    06/27/22
    6 mins
    read
    By Kyle G. Jones
    The worship service is less like servants entering the throne room to wait on the king’s needs and more like a father joining his family around the dining room table.
    What is the Purpose of a Worship Service?
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