Articles
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20 mins read|10/23/22
Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Sunday: Series C)
The phrase “works of the law” has an antithesis when it comes to righteousness—faith. What keeping the Law could not do, the gift of faith does. -
6 mins read|11/01/20
God’s Not Worried About the Election
Cast your vote with an air of bold and defiant levity. Don’t take yourself, or this election, so seriously. No string of unfortunate events can stop Christ's beating heart of mercy. No politician can un-Easter our Lord. -
14 mins read|10/18/20
Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Sunday: Series A)
Justification matters so deeply. It is a matter of life and death, Heaven and Hell. It must be preached that way. Especially today. -
14 mins read|10/07/20
2020 Is a Great Year for the Church
The church is of no use to this world if all we do is ape the world’s rhetoric, antics, and actions. We are a unique community with a unique message. Here are four reasons I'm convinced that 2020 is a great year for the church. -
12 mins read|10/01/20
Slavery, Freedom, and Bondage
In spiritual matters, the Scriptures teach us that freedom is tied to slavery and bondage. -
18 mins read|08/30/20
Epistles: Romans 13:1-10 (Pentecost 14: Series A)
No good will come to the cause of the Gospel by followers of Jesus being regarded as crazy dissidents who will not cooperate with the most basic social mechanisms.
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Podcasts
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#23 Orgies and drunkenness and licentiousness, oh my!
Orgies and drunkenness and licentiousness, oh my! Sometimes Christians get hung up on the really “big” sins, but Paul lists quarreling and jealousy right there with them. What’s the connection? Craig and Troy discuss how love does no wrong to a neighbor, for love is the fulfillment of the law. -
#22 “Vengeance is mine!”
“Vengeance is mine!” says the Lord. God has established governing authorities to punish the wrongdoer. How do we understand our role as Christians and our role as citizens? Craig and Troy wade into this topic and wrestle with God’s Word and difficult realities. -
For You Radio episode 19: Romans 11:25—12:2
How can we know the mysterious workings of God? We look to Jesus: Jesus does His job of Jesus-ing only the way He can Jesus. Jesus never did His Messiah work the way that people thought that He should, and nothing has changed. We are blessed that He is not a God created of our own image and imagination. All of this is revealed to us through the God’s word alone, and in that word we have comfort of what Christ has done for us. -
For You Radio Episode 10: Romans 7
Romans 7 is a pivotal chapter in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul laments that he keeps doing the sinful things that he hates and the good things that wants to do, he doesn't. Then we discover that the more godly one is, the less one sees oneself to be godly. Funny how that works. Join Craig and Troy as they talk about all of these topics and more. -
Episode 102 (Romans 7:1-23)
Paul roots the Christian’s death to the law in baptism and makes a scandalous claim that the law arouses sin in people.
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Videos
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Outside Ourselves - Living as Sinners and Saints with Steven Paulson
Kelsi Klembara,Steven PaulsonJune 22, 2023
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