Christ: Our Past, Present, and Future
By Wade Johnston
11/05/24
8mins

Christ: Our Past, Present, and Future

You have real freedom through the gospel of Jesus Christ, a freedom that doesn’t rest on founders, votes, or power plays.
Two Kingdoms, Three Estates, One Christ
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/04/24

Two Kingdoms, Three Estates, One Christ

One Christ rules over all of it. He is the constant, the root that nourishes every estate and every vocation.
Reforming the Reformation
Aaron Boerst
Aaron Boerst
11/01/24

Reforming the Reformation

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

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Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
08/23/18

Hearing the Gospel with Old Testament Ears

As a bass player, when I listen to music, I listen for what the bassist is doing. But, when I listen to music in my 2004 Honda Civic I have a problem: only one of the four speakers works.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
08/15/18

Revelation 1:4a | What’s Up with Asia? | 004

This is a weekly article series working through the book of Revelation.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/12/18

We're Better People Without Self-Esteem

The foundation of the Christian’s life is that our life is not our own. We don’t belong to ourselves. God has purchased us with the currency of Jesus’s blood.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
08/08/18

Revelation 1:3 | Kept in the Keeping | 003

This is a weekly article series working through the book of Revelation.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/06/18

Marriage Is Settling for the Okayest Spouse

Marriage is the ideal school in which to learn that we are not the center of the universe. We’re not created to live for ourselves. We find our true humanity only when we live for other people.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
08/06/18

Carseats, Gluten, and Opinionated Bloggers

Never has the law fallen so hard on me as in motherhood. Never before was I more aware that my best wasn’t good enough.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/02/18

When God Disappoints

In the tiny Bible-belt town where I grew up, tragedy brought people together.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
08/01/18

When God Wounds

Life is certainly unfair. But in Christ, at least in part, we rejoice at such a notion. Grace, that great descriptor of God’s devotion, is a word that only finds its purpose, only exists at all, because it exists as a response to guilt.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
08/01/18

Revelation 1:1-2 | It's All About Jesus | 002

It’s the First Century, the early days of the of the Post-Pentecost Church. Something is in the air.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/31/18

No, Kids, You Can't Be Anything You Want to Be

Rather than telling our children, “You can be anything you want to be,” let’s tell them, “Be the best possible servant you can be.”
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/26/18

Justification Is Simple

The Gospel is simple to confess. That is, we are justified by faith alone, through Christ alone, without the works of the Law.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
07/24/18

Revelation 1:20 | The End of the Beginning | 001

It may seem like a strange place to begin: the end of the beginning.
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