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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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.

Sam P. Schuldheisz

03/28/18

The Tolkien Option, Part 3: Escape

Jesus is the great Houdini of the grave for us. And through His death, He gives us the Great Escape from death that leads to the great joy of the Resurrection.

Chad Bird

03/24/18

Why Today Is the Funniest Sunday of the Year

God’s telling a joke. And after we’re done laughing at this silly divinity, we realize that the true joke is on us.

Larry D. Hughes

03/23/18

The Resurrection of Christ and the Purpose of Vocation

If there is no resurrection, then we have no true hope, and the arts above all vocations would be the folly of follies.

Joel Hess

03/22/18

Practicing to Die, Practicing to Rise

The greatest joy of Lent is failing at it only to find Jesus has already done it for us.

Bruce Hillman

03/06/18

The Resurrection is Not Greater than the Cross

We all look forward to Lent’s conclusion and the celebration of Resurrection Sunday. This is the Sunday of victory and joy as the Church enters into the reality that Christ has defeated death and hell, declared victory over such enemies and set history on its final course of consummation.

Bob Hiller

03/02/18

Religion That Helps You Die

Now, resurrection can only follow upon death. The good news is, it will!

Donavon Riley

01/09/18

Whose Opinion Really Matters?

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.

Chad Bird

09/09/17

How Will Your Congregation Die?

The only churches that live are churches that have died. That still die. And that rise to newness of life in Christ’s life alone.

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