By Aaron Boerst

11/01/24

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Reforming the Reformation

No matter how many times we hear this good news, it never stops being good news.

The Word that Frees: The Reformation's Enduring Legacy

Nicholas Hopman

10/31/24

The Word that Frees: The Reformation's Enduring Legacy

Our faith is precisely where Paul puts it, namely, in the blood of Christ.

Hocus Pocus, Ghost Stories, and the Lord’s Supper

Kathy Morales

10/30/24

Hocus Pocus, Ghost Stories, and the Lord’s Supper

Just as trick-or-treaters arrive at doorsteps as beggars, we come to the Lord’s table with nothing to offer but our sin and need for forgiveness.

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Steven Paulson

02/10/22

He Preached, and it Stood Firm

If God ever forgives you, it is not just allowing you to start over and try harder the second time, but it is a whole, new, complete justification that is given as a free gift and without any work of our own—outside the law.

Wade Johnston

02/02/22

Rest Doesn't Come Cheap

Rest doesn’t come cheap. Perhaps there’s no scarcer commodity in our time. Plenty sell it, but there’s no warranty, and it seldom lasts.

Pete Lange

01/31/22

No Going Back

The sword of the spirit in Holy Scripture does indeed show us our sin, but thanks be to God, it also shows us our Savior.

Donavon Riley

01/26/22

God's Mercy Never Dries Up

Our hope is God's mercy. It's like a well that never dries up. His mercies were there before he created us. They are present for us today.

Bradley Gray

01/25/22

The Gods We Make vs. the God We Need

Even for idolatrous sellouts like you and me, God’s position has not changed. Even though we may have forgotten him, he never forgets us.

Wade Johnston

01/18/22

Our Weekly Epiphany: Boring?

Here, robed in Word and Sacrament, is your King, infant though He be, come out of eternity into time to bring you out of time and into eternity.

Bradley Gray

01/17/22

The God Who Relieves Every Burden

The imprecatory psalms are like release valves for hurting souls. Their stanzas are God-given spaces in which we can bear our soul’s torment.

Chad Bird

01/14/22

For Those Who Feel Unseen

Men and women are all caught in the universal machine of suffering that chews people up and spits them out. And in their respective griefs and fears, they are all wondering if God sees them, hears them, knows them.

Bradley Gray

01/13/22

The Words That Fill the Halls of Our Churches

I write this as someone who’s genuinely concerned that American congregants are getting bamboozled by preachers who are giving them less than what they need Sunday after Sunday.

Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove

01/12/22

Death and Rebirth in James McBride's Deacon King Kong

At its heart, this is what Deacon King Kong is all about: the paradox of Jesus carving his victory out of the last thing we expect, not our triumphs but our defeats.

Wade Johnston

01/10/22

Jesus' Baptism

You are not in debt to sin. You don’t owe it anything. There’s no reason for you to serve it.

Steve Byrnes

01/05/22

Remembering Those We've Lost During Christmas

Christians do have a hope that those who sleep in death will be awakened and their joy will never end, and we yearn for that day.

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