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22 Feb

Grace, Truth, and Billy Graham

February 22, 2018
By Chris Anderson
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Billy Graham died yesterday. After 99 years on earth, right now he is seeing Jesus face to face. No doubt he also sees multitudes whom he told about Jesus. There's no person in history who has preached the gospel to...

10 Jan

Devotional Thoughts

Your Church Is God’s Gift to You

March 12, 2020
By Chris Anderson

Church life can be messy. Any time you put sinners together—even redeemed sinners—there's bound to be some friction. Sadly, many churches feel more like a war zone than a refuge. Much of the problem stems from our unwillingness to exercise...

17 Nov

Devotional Thoughts

Introducing Gospel Meditations for Christmas

November 17, 2017
By Chris Anderson
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The incarnation is an audacious doctrine. The belief that the Creator of the universe “became flesh” is astonishing. An immeasurable chasm is fixed between the infinite God and finite man—and it was crossed when Jesus was born in a manger...

27 Oct

Devotional Thoughts

Gospel-Centered Audacity

October 11, 2024
By Chris Anderson
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John Huss is one of my heroes. He was a faithful preacher who lived in Bohemia—what we know as the Czech Republic. His hometown of Prague is a magnificent place. I treasure the time I spent wandering through the old...

25 Oct

Devotional Thoughts, Guest Post

Christ Crucified

October 11, 2024
By Guest Author
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The nature and purpose of preaching is something which should concern all Christians. If we attend Protestant churches, then the sermon stands at the very center of our worship service. While everything that happens in the worship service is important,...

19 Oct

Perspective

Sing a New Song. But Only One.

February 28, 2020
By Chris Anderson
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The psalmist commands us, "Sing to the Lord a new song. Then sing several familiar songs." Okay, I made that last part up. Lest I be cursed for adding to Scripture, I'll go ahead and recant. But I do think it's...

06 Oct

Devotional Thoughts

Gutenberg and Luther

October 28, 2024
By Chris Anderson

At the end of October, Protestants around the world give thanks to God for the Reformation, the sixteenth-century movement which reclaimed the glorious doctrine of salvation by grace from the obscuring veils of Roman traditions. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther...

29 Sep

Guest Post

Reformation Music: A Late-Comer’s Guide

October 28, 2024
By Paul Keew

So you have just over a month before Reformation Sunday 500, and you're wondering how you can help your church make the most of it. Perhaps you weren’t able to plan ahead, so now you feel like you’re scrambling. I can...

27 Sep

Announcements

Reformation Hymn Backstory

October 28, 2024
By Chris Anderson

“How did you come to work with Bob Kauflin?” I’ve heard that question a lot in the last 6-7 months. The short answer is, I asked. The longer answer covers about a decade. Let me share it with you.I’ve appreciated Bob...

23 Sep

Devotional Thoughts

Rediscoveries of the Reformation

October 28, 2024
By Chris Anderson

The year was 1977. The man was Manolis Andronikos. He was a Greek archeologist, and he discovered a priceless treasure in the town of Vergina, in northern Greece. Andronikos and his team unearthed a burial ground of ancient Greek kings,...