The Lord himself comes to us to lead us out of the land of sin and death with his strong, nail-pierced hands.
Fulfillment can sound awkward as a title or name, but it is one of the most prominent proclamations concerning Christ found in the New Testament.
This is an excerpt from the introduction of Stretched: A Study for Lent and the Entire Christian Life by Christopher Richmann (1517 Publishing, 2026).

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The articles were used to catechize churches in Lutheran doctrine through a series of pastoral visitations.
The creeds provide a means of unified confession that is biblically sound, transcending denominational lines of demarcation.
The minister’s clothing represents his office of service, derived from the ministry of Christ, and never himself.
The post-Reformation observance of Lent is both commemorative and penitential
The majority of churches still use the traditional eight-sided font. The question I’d like to explore in this post is, “Why?”
The red door was fair warning to pursuers that they could proceed no further.
It can be argued that this scene sets a pattern for Christian activity on the first day of the week from that time until the present.
The reason the U.S. is blessed by God is that we are essentially a “good” nation. And this is the root of Bob’s problem (and that of all civil religion).
That’s where a true encounter with God leaves you. Unable to point the finger at anyone else, all you can do is fall on your face, confess your sin, be absolved, and join the angels in singing, “Holy, holy, holy.”
Jesus’ death was a direct fulfillment of the will of His Father as promised in the Scriptures.
God has given us a way out of our plight of “ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” It is the way of the cross.
“In a culture that promotes self-interest, children in church learn that something much bigger and more important than themselves is going on in their midst."