Archive - Tamed Cynic

“Love Your Family First” Does Not Land a Cross on Your Back

No matter how many hospitals we name after the story, the act of compassion isn't the lesson of the story.

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If Jesus is Risen, Where is His Body?

All the places where the Risen Jesus could locate himself as a body are but one place.

Feb 4 •

"There is a space, there is an interval between Christ’s rising and ours because God will not abandon what he has made."

God's Christ is enthroned and he is crushing every enemy under his feet.

Feb 3 •

“Amen” is Faith’s Biggest Word

The difference between prayer and magic is an attitude toward the future.

Feb 2 •

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Preachers: Do You Like Your People?

(Political) expectations are the enemy of love.

Feb 1 •

January 2025

The Mystery of Christ

Jan 30 •

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Josh Munnikhuysen

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Anthony Robinson

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Outrage Porn, Glawspel, and God's One-Way Love

If sanctification is my work, neither grace nor God is free.

Jan 29 •

Paul's Love Song is Not Law

We hear Paul properly only when we replace the word love with the name of Jesus.

Jan 28 •

Preachers Too Can Announce, "Today This Scripture is Fulfilled in Your HEARING."

Jesus saves through audition

Jan 27 •

Our Bipartisan Need

If Christianity is a house on fire, the one family heirloom worth running into the blaze to fetch is the gospel, the Big Relief of God’s grace in Jesus…

Jan 26 •

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We Should Not Give to Our Politics the Passion They Seek

"Christians should resist the absolute claims of the State, ideological leaders, and political parties by depriving them of their pathos."

Jan 24 •

“You’re right. You’re not enough and never have been. But that’s not the point. There’s a Lord who’s even better. Let’s get you some help.”

a sermon by Ken Sundet Jones for the Iowa Preachers Project

Jan 22 •

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Ken Sundet Jones

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