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Category Archive: Donavon Riley

Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead?

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The culture war gnaws at Christians because it is no war at all. A war assumes a living […]

JW December 13, 2024 Donavon Riley

The Bare Minimum Is Killing The Church

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Let’s quit pretending. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it. The bare minimum is a disease, […]

JW November 25, 2024 Donavon Riley

The Death before Death

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Buckle up, buttercup. We’re diving headfirst into the kind of Truth that’ll make you want to pour yourself […]

JW November 20, 2024 Donavon Riley

Through the Fog

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Here we are, dancing in the fog. This isn’t just confusion; it’s a carefully crafted disorientation, a full-blown […]

JW November 15, 2024 Donavon Riley

When They’re Gone: The Last of the Legends

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It’s happening in slow motion, folks. The theologians, the mentors, the people who didn’t just read the Bible—they […]

JW November 12, 2024 Donavon Riley

“As If?”

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Let’s not kid ourselves, friends. Some church circles these days are trying to sell us on a brand […]

JW November 7, 2024 Donavon Riley

Brand Lutheran: The Sequel

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So here we are again, tearing down the paper-thin facade of what the church calls “Lutheran” today. It’s […]

JW November 1, 2024 Donavon Riley

Brand Lutheran

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We’ve gone soft. The Lutheran church, the one that was hammered into shape on the anvil of Wittenberg’s […]

JW October 29, 2024 Donavon Riley

Welcome to The Gang

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We’ve got it all wrong, haven’t we? Churches these days seem like a soft landing, a sanctuary for […]

JW October 24, 2024 Donavon Riley

The Other Side of the Pulpit

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Let me tell you something about Sundays. It’s not just about a preacher gesticulating in a worn pulpit, […]

JW October 22, 2024 Donavon Riley

Spit on The Ground, Drown the Sinner, Scatter the Monsters

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In the stillness before dawn, when the world seems to hold its breath, you rise. Slowly, your pockets […]

JW October 10, 2024 Donavon Riley

Who Can Be Astonished?

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Who can be astonishedthat we wander from the way,that error grows strongin the soft folds of our weakness?Our […]

JW October 2, 2024 Donavon Riley

The Table at the Center of the Cosmos

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The word company wasn’t birthed in the chambers of the Roman senate or over a scale in a […]

JW September 3, 2024 Donavon Riley

Jesus & The Ancient Wyrm

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Our task is not to shape Truth but to find it—to find him, as a weary pilgrim seeks […]

JW August 21, 2024 Donavon Riley

Best to Be A Salmon

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If you’ve never howled at God, have you ever been close to Christianity? We all yearn for companionship […]

JW August 15, 2024 Donavon Riley

Christians Don’t Have to Choose Between Culture and Christ

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Enter a Christian house today, and one will often encounter a pagan underbelly among its inhabitants. There is […]

JW August 1, 2024 Donavon Riley

What Kind of God Are You Marrying?

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What are the nuptials like when you don’t know what kind of god you’re marrying? Why go through […]

JW July 23, 2024 Donavon Riley

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