A Review of
By Kathy Morales
04/01/25
14mins

A Review of "The Lord’s Supper: A Guide to the Heavenly Feast"

Kleinig continually directs the reader's attention to Christ and his gifts.
Through the Tombs of the Kings: Manasseh - Buried in His Own House
Steve Kruschel
Steve Kruschel
03/31/25

Through the Tombs of the Kings: Manasseh - Buried in His Own House

In response to the Lord's undeserved love, Manasseh looked to him as the true God.
The Mountain of Two Meals
Ryan Mathias
Ryan Mathias
03/28/25

The Mountain of Two Meals

God’s people get the warm feast of victory, while God’s meal is prepared cold.

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Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
10/31/19

Haunted

The devil knows our name and labels us by our sin. The devil breathes out death as he names us for what we are, sinners.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/31/19

Church Trash, Cotton Candy Spiritualism, and God's Ongoing Reformation

All major and minor reformations happen not because people react but because God acts. He reforms. He looks down from heaven, has mercy upon his starving children, and ends the famine of the Word by sending the rain of the Gospel.
Jessica Thompson
Jessica Thompson
10/30/19

Becoming Like Weaned Children

I would like to tell you all that I have learned this discipline that I am like a weaned child living in full quietness, confident in God’s love and care for me. I cannot.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/29/19

Jesus Will Humble You, and That's Good

Humility kills pride. So “humble yourself before the Lord,” as James writes (Jas 4:10). Kill your pride before it kills the things you love. Subdue it before it gets you into the kind of trouble that may even kill you. Conquer your pride before it defeats you. It’s that simple, but we all know it’s not that easy.
Norman Nagel
Norman Nagel
10/29/19

Don't Condemn That Pharisee

We would be utterly miserable if we could not find somebody less than ourselves, somebody to look down on, somebody to make us more pleased with ourselves.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/28/19

Love Conquers All?

True love isn't a thing. We can't find true love in our souls, soul mates, or safe spaces. We can't marry true love, buy it, or create it from scratch.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
10/28/19

On Freedom in Christ and the Parable of the Forgiving Father

Like the younger son, we can return to our Father every time our sinful hearts rebel against him. Like the older brother, we can complain and lament to our Father without fear of being destroyed.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/28/19

You Can’t Be Late to Church—Here’s Why

We show up to this crowded sacred shindig on Sundays, all wings and halos and blue jeans, and shimmy our way into the sanctuary, late to church but not late to church, for how can we be late to a service that never ends?
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/24/19

Meeting God in the Delivery Room

Our very lives as parents and children implicitly proclaim this higher and lovely truth: we have no value to God based upon our usefulness.
Joel Fitzpatrick
Joel Fitzpatrick
10/24/19

Ugly Prayer and the God of Sleep

God broke into the midst of our pain and allows us to bring our requests to him as those who are counted as “godly.”
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
10/23/19

The Gospel of the Unabomber

It is incumbent upon the faithful preacher, looking to see sinners transformed into the image of Christ, to preach a naked gospel.
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
10/22/19

Baptized into Christ, a Child of Paradise

When I hear my brother’s name, I will grieve a little. But I will also rejoice, for I know that he is with his Savior.
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