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Being Decent on Ash Wednesday
In a few moments, we will come up to the altar rail to receive this humbling reminder, but notice that we do something strange in this
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Wesley Arning
- Feb 5
- 8 min
The Power of Place
When it comes to being faithful stewards of creation and the ground on which we stand, it appears that our first act is to open our eyes and
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Wesley Arning
- Jan 30
- 6 min
Sublime Religion in Micah 6
When rooted to the simple, yet transformational, call of the Gospel, religion can only be sublime because, in some strange way, we are
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Wesley Arning
- Jan 1
- 7 min
What's in a Name?
Many times, we have allowed the names we have given ourselves, or the ones people have given us, to shape us in tremendous (and many times
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Wesley Arning
- Nov 20, 2022
- 6 min
The Art of Gratitude
For us today, gratitude is not three easy steps away. Instead, it is a natural reaction to the God who provides…whose provision is so
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Wesley Arning
- Aug 7, 2022
- 7 min
Faith of a Stranger: Heb. 11
We are “the xenoi,” the strangers who carry with us a promise. We hold claim to a heavenly city that we have yet to see, but we
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Wesley Arning
- Jul 25, 2022
- 6 min
Freedom & Discipline: 1 Cor. 9
When we take Christian freedom to the extreme it is watered down to nothingness—we are like everyone else. When we take Christian discipline
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Wesley Arning
- Jun 19, 2022
- 10 min
When God Shows Up: 1 Kings 19
Elijah had been on the very edge for so long, being the first in line like a drum major leading the way for God’s prophetic word, but now he
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Wesley Arning
- Jun 12, 2022
- 7 min
The Jesus Influencer
The point was not how good of an orator Paul, or Apollos or Peter was—it was all about the One they were preaching about. In their haste to
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Wesley Arning
- May 8, 2022
- 8 min
Tabitha the Disciple
We mustn’t be lured into thinking that ministry is flashy or even noteworthy to anyone but God. Tabitha’s faithfulness to the poor is a
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Wesley Arning
- Apr 15, 2022
- 6 min
Good Friday
The cross alone is not special. It is God on the cross that makes the cross significant.
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Wesley Arning
- Mar 13, 2022
- 7 min
Quenching the Darkness
When Isaiah talks about God’s light, and when Jesus says he is this “promised light,” there is this sense of hope because both Isaiah and
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Wesley Arning
- Feb 27, 2022
- 7 min
The Cross & Ukraine
They aren’t delusional or disconnected from the stark realities of their country, but because of Jesus and his work on the cross, they are
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Wesley Arning
- Jan 25, 2022
- 8 min
Diversity within Christ's Body
It should be no surprise to us, the members of his mystical body, that diversity is not an issue or roadblock to be incorporated into the
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Wesley Arning
- Jan 2, 2022
- 8 min
The Magi and God's Grace
The Magi are not outliers in this story, they didn’t just stumble into this scene haphazardly, but they are the first indication in this
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Wesley Arning
- Nov 22, 2021
- 7 min
Israel's True King
Power and authority are rightly with the true king, and quite shockingly he then hands some of that power and authority back to us.
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Wesley Arning
- Oct 31, 2021
- 9 min
Leaving the Corners
The comfort and security of wealth and possessions will lead you to forget that you were once slaves—that at one time you had no land...
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Wesley Arning
- Sep 26, 2021
- 9 min
God's Light Amid Darkness
Our passage from Numbers shows a very human portrait of Israel’s great leader. Moses is at his breaking point. The weight of leadership
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Wesley Arning
- Aug 4, 2021
- 7 min
God's Brushstrokes
As Christians, we are on a lifelong journey. Our faith is not an art-museum-kind-of-faith, we aren’t spiritual tourists who go from one guru
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Wesley Arning
- Jul 18, 2021
- 8 min
A Soft Heart & Hard Feet
But instead of getting frustrated with the crowds, telling them to leave him alone, our text says that when he looked at them, he couldn’t
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