Category Archives: Faith

Can We Still Say, “Christ Is King”?

Posted on May 2, 2026 by salooper57

When people in my generation of Christ-followers learn that conservative millennials, Gen Xers, and Gen Zers are declaring “Christ is King,” they are delighted. Maybe the world is not falling apart, after all. Maybe the next generation is heading in the right direction. Continue reading →

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The Ascension: Christ Really Is King (Acts 1:1-11)

Posted on April 29, 2026 by salooper57

Jesus did not say, “You will be my salespeople,” but you will be my witnesses. Witnesses relate what they have seen, heard, or otherwise experienced. Jesus’s witnesses are people who tell what they have seen, heard, and experienced regarding Jesus. Continue reading →

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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit: What Is It About?

Posted on April 25, 2026 by salooper57

What does the baptism with the Spirit accomplish? Three things primarily. First, the baptism of the Spirit unites us to Christ. The Spirit is the vital connection between Christ and us, conveying his life to us and making us resurrectable (Romans 8:11). Continue reading →

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Video: He Is Risen from the Dead and Is Going Ahead of You (Matthew 28:1-10)

Posted on April 22, 2026 by salooper57

Nothing is secure that is kept from God, including the dreams we cherish, the children we love, and the sins we hide. And nothing is insecure that is placed in his hands. Continue reading →

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He Is Risen from the Dead and Is Going Ahead of You: A Sermon on the Resurrection (Matthew 28:1-8)

Posted on April 22, 2026 by salooper57

Nothing is secure that is kept from God, including the dreams we cherish, the children we love, and the sins we hide. And nothing is insecure that is placed in his hands. Continue reading →

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You Need a Theology of Suffering

Posted on April 18, 2026 by salooper57

The American church, which lacks adequate theologies of both suffering and prospering, does not know how to instruct, comfort, or admonish those who are experiencing one or the other. Continue reading →

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The Cross – Luke 23

Posted on April 15, 2026 by salooper57

God has plunged [the cross] into the earth, like Excalibur into the stone, and no power can remove it. From the moment it was driven into the ground, it began splitting the earth, dividing people. Continue reading →

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Resurrection: Waking Up Into the Real World

Posted on April 11, 2026 by salooper57

An evolutionary biologist might think that Paul is talking about a type of theological saltation – a sudden, large mutational change occurring in a single generation. Continue reading →

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Resurrection: More Than Heaven When You Die

Posted on April 8, 2026 by salooper57

(…the phrase, “think outside the box” originated with the nine-dot puzzle.) Once you go outside the box, there is more than one way to solve the problem. That is what Jesus does with Martha. He takes her outside the box, beyond the confines of the tomb. Continue reading →

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Shutting Jesus In: An Easter Skit and Sermon (Matthew 27:65-28:15)

Posted on April 7, 2026 by salooper57

Resurrection is Jesus getting out—out of death itself, out into the world, into our lives; into everything. He’s worse than any kid: he is always getting into everything. Continue reading →

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