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Eat & Drink the Christ
Today’s reading is a great reminder of the totality of Jesus’ teaching, and a stern warning to anyone who assumes they know what’s going to
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Wesley Arning
- Jul 21
- 7 min
Exploring Obadiah
Obadiah pointed to a future that he could not fully see. He could glimpse a bright morning star in the distance, ever so faintly amid the
Wesley Arning
- Jun 23
- 10 min
Taken Seriously with David & Goliath
Neither Saul nor his bravest warriors are willing to enter the valley as Israel’s “man between” against the 9-ft-9-in Philistine.
Wesley Arning
- Jun 16
- 9 min
The King Is Coming
There was a man, he said, who came to the entrance of a city, and he saw someone sitting at the gate and asked, “How goes it in the city?”
Wesley Arning
- May 19
- 8 min
Pentecost & Our Native Tongue
But the gift of language goes even further. What the Holy Spirit did that day and still does today is help us recover our first language.
Wesley Arning
- Apr 7
- 8 min
The Risen Stranger
There is an “otherness” to Jesus on this side of the grave, and it must be accepted that this is how it’s going to be. There’s no going back
Wesley Arning
- Mar 31
- 8 min
Come & See the Empty Tomb
The Christian message makes some outrageous claims if you think about it. We claim that the author of creation entered into our story.
Wesley Arning
- Mar 17
- 8 min
Death: Friend or Foe?
Because of Jesus, and only because of Jesus, can death be both friend and foe. Death is no longer a judgment on God’s people because Jesus
Wesley Arning
- Mar 4
- 8 min
The Temple & Jesus in John 2
At its purest level, the Temple in Jerusalem was meant to communicate God’s covenant faithfulness with his people. It would stand forever
Wesley Arning
- Feb 18
- 8 min
Adam 2 in the Wilderness
Jesus was sandwiched seemingly between two worlds. The old world of Jerusalem and the new world of the Kingdom he was bringing about.
Wesley Arning
- Feb 4
- 7 min
The Cure to Gnawing Sorrow
And time and again in his letter he has portrayed these two forms of wisdom as coming from above and below. The wisdom that comes from above
Wesley Arning
- Jan 7
- 7 min
Baptism of the Holy Spirit?
Paul explains to them that Christian baptism is “into Jesus.” Faith is not in the Holy Spirit, it’s in Jesus, but if you believe in Jesus
Wesley Arning
- Dec 24, 2023
- 18 min
A Christmas Triduum
You are loved not because of anything that you bring to the table. Mary wasn’t known for her beauty, Joseph for his intelligence, or the
Wesley Arning
- Dec 3, 2023
- 7 min
A Whisper in the Darkness
This longing to be freed, to be safe and made whole again is caught up in the division and darkness that is presently working in this
Wesley Arning
- Nov 19, 2023
- 11 min
Use Your Talent...While There's Still Time!
This is not a parable about investing your money, it is about investing your life—all that you are and all that you possess—into God’
Wesley Arning
- Nov 5, 2023
- 8 min
All Saints & The Invisible Church
This invisible Body of Christ is made up of all the faithful who have gone before us. It began with St. Stephen, the first martyr of the
Wesley Arning
- Nov 2, 2023
- 5 min
All Souls
As followers of the Crucified and Risen Lord, we cannot exchange sorrow for hope instantly. We cannot discard grief and pain that is brought
Wesley Arning
- Oct 15, 2023
- 10 min
The Messianic Banquet
Another way to think about this messianic feast is that it’s not a fully catered meal—wait staff and all. Don’t doubt for a second that this
Wesley Arning
- Oct 8, 2023
- 9 min
"Who Ya With?" Jesus & His Authority
“Who ya with?” really gets to the heart of Jesus’ entire ministry. Slowly but surely he has been telling people that his authority is
Wesley Arning
- Sep 10, 2023
- 9 min
Resolving Conflict in Matthew 18
Life is too precious, and our gospel work too serious, to be sidetracked by personal offenses that we’ve allowed to grow deep roots in our
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