Psalm 8 From the Mouth of Babes: Why do you care, O Lord?
By Steven Paulson
04/03/25
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Psalm 8 From the Mouth of Babes: Why do you care, O Lord?

The Psalm now is this: as Christ suffered and then was exalted, so we are also in him.
Fullness of Life in Christ
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/02/25

Fullness of Life in Christ

No matter how stringent one's "regulations" — "Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch" (Col. 2:21) — the sinful nature that resides in everyone's heart is untamable by self-effort alone.
A Review of
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
04/01/25

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.

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Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
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Can God Repent Us?

Too often, we equate “repent” as the final warning to stop a particular sin before God ceases to love you and sends you to hell for your evil deeds.
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.
Jay Sawrie
Jay Sawrie
08/09/18

Escape from Monkey Hill

It has been three years since Allyson and I honeymooned in New Orleans. We had a great time eating our way through the French Quarter, learning to drive in a city of only ways, and forgetting that real life existed for only a few days.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
08/09/18

Seeking the Lost

The only obedient son is shunned so that the disobedient one may return. Why? Because God loves sinners. He doesn’t leave them alone.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
08/08/18

The Red in our Ledgers

The only sea of tranquility that can unite God and man and bring brotherhood among us is found in the Word and sacraments.
Scott Davis
Scott Davis
08/07/18

Jesus Gives Participation Trophies

We’re all familiar with the “outrage” in our culture about the trend in youth sports to award “participation trophies.”
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/07/18

Justified Apart from Our Free Will

God preaches a concrete word to us in the present tense. We hear the Good News that Jesus is God’s mercy for us.
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.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
08/02/18

Who are You to Walk the Walk

I can pretend for a little bit, but as soon as the phone is put away and it’s just me and my sin, I am fearful about what my walk says about me. I know what I should do, but I can’t quite seem to do it.
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.
Mariah Coward
Mariah Coward
07/31/18

Breaking The “Righteous” Meter

In the first few years after God saved me I saw sin as this unfortunate parasite that was slowly sucking the life out of me.
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