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New Season of Podcasts!

Be sure to check out the new season of podcasts! This season it will be everything from devotionals and Bible studies to extended conversations on a variety of topics!

07 with Jay Winters

Join in as I talk with Jay Winters, pastor of University Lutheran Church in Tallahassee, FL. We discuss campus ministry and some of the generational considerations we encounter proclaiming the gospel. 

06 with John Roth

Join in as John Roth and I scratch the surface of what it means to be a theologian of the cross! John is pastor of Thrive Community Church and an adjunct professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the theology of the cross as it pertains to ministry. 

New 2 Corinthians Study!

Join in as we begin our study on 2 Corinthians! What’s this letter about? What does it have to do with our lives, and why is it important for us to read as Christians? For the next few months, we’ll be walking through the whole thing! The study will be available in video and audio…

Jesus Reshapes Our View

We tend to believe things that confirm other things that we already believe and want to believe or that fit better into our own view of the world. In fact, we even seek out things that confirm what we already “know,” because that kind of confirmation makes us more comfortable with the world around us.…

New Podcast Episodes!

Be sure to check out all of the new podcast episodes! The Jonah series is now in full audio format. Join in as I sit down with a friend of mine to talk about Christian nationalism. There’s also a lot more and even more to come!

Jesus gives us the Spirit of Peace (w/ podcast & online service)

When Jesus greets his disciples with a blessing of peace, it’s on God’s terms. Only the Creator knows what’s best for us. Only he knows what makes us whole, what makes us complete. Only he truly knows what it is for his creation to exist in harmony, and through Jesus, he reveals it fully to…

NEW PODCAST: 02 with Rev. Dr. John Denninger

This episode I’m joined by Rev. Dr. John Denninger to discuss his story in ministry as well as the new SED Lay Deacon Program. Dr. Denninger currently serves as president of the Southeastern District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and has a heart for reaching people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Available on: YouTube…

Nothing Compares to the Glory that Comes from God

Before the crucifixion, the people hadn’t seen the glory of God yet. Even after seeing the miraculous signs of Jesus, they hadn’t yet seen him give up his life for the world out of love. They hadn’t seen him defeat death itself. Isaiah stood in the throne room of God, a vision of heaven itself,…

New Video Series: “At the Edge of Faith”

This week saw the launch of the new video series “At the Edge of Faith,” which explores the concepts of faith and identity in a nihilistic world. Constantly forced to question what’s real, how do we know whom to trust, and where do we fit into it all? Where do you go when your account…

Absent from Each-other, Present with Christ

We can trust Jesus in difficult times. We can trust him in times that we doubt ourselves—in times that we make our own share of mistakes. We can trust him even as we come to him as sinners, who don’t deserve his love. We can trust him in times of change—times of uncertainty. We can…

Holy Week in John (John 12:12–26): We wish to see Jesus

When Jesus invites us to join him, it’s with the promise that he will see us through it. The crowds proclaimed Hosanna, save us now we pray. Well, that’s how he saves us. And even to this day, we pray the same thing. Jesus, save me from my sin. Save me from myself. Save me…

Waiting with Lazarus part 3 of 5: Jesus shows us the impossible

As Jesus stands there with Martha and Mary—with all those other people who have followed Martha and Mary to Jesus in their mourning—even as he himself mourns, Jesus has his mind on something greater than anything that they could have expected. And he tells Martha, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you…

Jonah part 5 of 5: God’s Mercy Even for You

God wants to be in a good relationship with the whole world. And that sounds really nice at first, and it might seem obvious because God is merciful, but that means that God has mercy even on those with whom we’ve had to bear. God has mercy on those who have hurt us—all who repent.

Jonah part 4 of 5: God of Reconciliation

They believed God. They believed that they were evil, and that judgment was coming. They knew that God was serious, and they mourned Jonah’s message. What a surprise of a reaction from this mighty city. Whereas Jonah took it for granted, the Ninevites—along with the sailors from the previous chapter—took the word of God seriously.…

God is Enough

This is our sobering reality. Is this world evil? Yes. Is there evil within our own hearts? Yes. Does God forgive us for what we’ve done wrong? Yes. But it doesn’t magically make all of our circumstances right again.

Jonah part 3 of 5: Jonah and the Monster

Jonah wasn’t just fleeing the presence of the Lord in Israel, by going to Tarshish—to the other side of the known world. Jonah is fleeing from the presence of his creator by running as fast as he can into the place of un-creation. But, the Lord is God even over the sea, and he forces…

When we trust in God, Jesus turns us into vessels for his glory

Jesus fulfilled the Law, so just look to him. When our focus is on Jesus, when we listen to him and trust in him, we don’t need to worry about ourselves—our righteousness, our salvation—because he’s taken care of everything for us. Instead we can live for those around us. We can show them Christ. We’re…

Jonah part 1 of 5: God Comes for Us in a Pluralistic World

Like us, Jonah lives in a pluralistic world, and he hides from it—afraid to proclaim what God declares to Nineveh. He’s afraid to tell the sailors about his God until they press him on it. Jonah thinks that he can take control of his life by hiding. Are we afraid to engage our world as…

Jesus brings us the Kingdom

Jesus reveals it to them, makes it known to them, embodies it in his own life, and transfers that life to them—transfers the power of the Kingdom. Those who’ve encountered Jesus—no matter status or perception—are blessed. They are the beginning of the transformation that he brings. This is a proleptic act—one that he will bring…

Conquering Hades

So, the action on earth is the actualization of the reality of something that’s already happened. The church, the priesthood of all believers, is the mechanism through which God works, and Hades—Sheol—doesn’t stand a chance. Jesus doesn’t just save us from Hades, he completely dominates it in his death and resurrection.

You Have to Repent Before You Can Fish

Before you call someone else’s attention to Christ you yourself must be turned toward him—facing him. You have to experience his love and his daily forgiveness. You must emulate it, show mercy, have a Christ-centered disposition. A mind transformed to see all things through Jesus—the same Jesus who lives inside of you and loves through…

3 Things That Keep Us from God

Jesus overcame these temptations from the very outset of his ministry leaving Satan powerless over him. The Spirit that was with Jesus at his baptism and in the wilderness, is the same Spirit that was with us in our own baptisms and remains with us throughout our lives. The angels who ministered to Jesus after…

Come and You Will See

As Jesus invites us into his home, he also brings us along to be a part of what he’s doing here and now—to be a part of the transformation that he has brought and continues to bring. He invites us to bear witness to his sacrifice as the Lamb of God, that we ourselves might…

The Baptisms of John and Jesus are Different

When Jesus comes to John to be baptized, a gesture showing Jesus’ own faithfulness to his heavenly Father—mourning the sins of his own people—something else happens. Mark writes, “In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately…

Jesus takes ownership of his people’s sin

In Jesus’ own body—in his own existence, the human and the divine are reconciled to each other. We talk about it during Christmas. We talk about it at Epiphany. But we see it in Jesus’ own baptism. Humanity is reconciled to God now and forevermore. That means your humanity is also reconciled to God through…


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