Articles
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12 mins read|08/05/21
The Seventh Beatitude: Pax or Hapax?
The title “peacemakers” is not ours except as we tell and retell his peacemaking story. -
12 mins read|07/29/21
The Sixth Beatitude: Makarios in a Crucible?
We are not saved by the success of our refining process. We are saved precisely because our impurities, no matter what the percentage, ruin the whole thing. -
8 mins read|07/15/21
The Fourth Beatitude: More than Cornucopias for the Hungry
Blessed are we, for we are filled by the cornucopia of Christ’s righteousness. -
11 mins read|07/08/21
The Third Beatitude: The Meek Are Not Pushovers
The only one rightful heir of the kingdom of God, inherits from us, our cross, and descends into the kingdom of the damned. -
32 mins read|06/10/21
The Gospel of a Fulfilled Law
Despite what the Pharisees believed and advertised, Jesus was not intent upon deconstructing the fundamental tenets of the Old Testament law. Actually, he proceeds to do just the opposite. -
10 mins read|04/08/21
Christ's Words of Comfort: Matthew 5:4
We will always need comfort until the reign of God, his kingdom, comes in full with Christ’s return, and our suffering and the sin that causes it is no more.
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Podcasts
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Jesus with a box of dynamite
Jesus ruthlessly hammers us with a Law that we cannot escape so that He might give us a Gospel that will never abandon us. -
The Salty Jesus
You ARE salt and light. By our new nature in Christ, we do salty and light things. But how is God glorified in the things that we do? https://bookofconcord.org/sources-and-context/heidelberg-disputation/ -
B-Attitudes, the B-side
Mercy, peace, and pureness of heart are not something we find in ourselves, but we find them in Christ, and in Christ we are found to be all those things. -
What's a B-Attitude?
The Beatitudes aren't veiled Law, but pure gracious Gospel. Jesus tells us we are blessed when we are found in Him. -
"How Are You Doing?" (Episode 30) Featuring Pastor Ron Hodel
Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!
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