By Luke Kjolhaug

09/29/26

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The Fear of Being Known

This is an excerpt from the sixth chapter of Fear Not: How the Gospel Disrupts Our Deepest Anxieties by Luke Kjolhaug (1517 Publishing, 2026).

Bradley Gray

09/25/26

His Mercy is More

We draw near because Christ our Mediator has gone where we never could, and he has brought us with him.

Mark Duerr

09/24/26

Sacred Trash Pits and Holy Garbage

The Israelite God was different from all the other gods, thus, the worship of Yahweh differed from that of all other gods.

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Bradley Gray

04/20/23

Through Fire and Through Water

The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.

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04/04/23

The Faithful Priest and Our Finished Atonement

You are not alone if you find it difficult to wrap your mind around the auspices of the Old Testament sacrificial system.

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03/13/23

The Fragrance of Faithful Ministry

Nothing moves or drives Paul more than preaching about “Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).

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03/07/23

And I Will Give You Rest

The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.

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01/31/23

Remembered and Redeemed

Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.

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01/25/23

Consider Jesus

All of Scripture, every last syllable of it, is meant to drive us to "consider Jesus," the One who comes to "make us right" by gifting us his righteousness.

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01/18/23

The Body of God and the Scandal of Our Dying Brother

The gospel's message is the scandalous announcement that Yahweh has stooped to our frame, to where we are.

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01/11/23

What Can Wash Away My Sin?

Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.

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01/05/23

Jesus is Better

As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."

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11/21/22

Refreshment for the Depressed Soul

Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.

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11/10/22

Jesus, Thank You

The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.

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10/24/22

The Book that Brings Deliverance

Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.

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