Waking Up in Post Christendom
By Adam Francisco
05/14/26
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Waking Up in Post Christendom

The temptation for many believers is either despair or outrage: despair that Christendom is fading, or outrage at the civilization replacing it.
The Theology of Play and the Joy of Repentance
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
05/15/26

The Theology of Play and the Joy of Repentance

Through baptism, absolution, and the Lord’s Supper, Christ meets you with his radical forgiveness which changes everything, even the self!
Don't Sleep On Luther's Early Disputations
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
05/11/26

Don't Sleep On Luther's Early Disputations

Do not disregard Luther’s early disputations, but appreciate their specificity and recognize their pastoral and theological continuity with his later works.

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Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
05/11/26

Don't Sleep On Luther's Early Disputations

Do not disregard Luther’s early disputations, but appreciate their specificity and recognize their pastoral and theological continuity with his later works.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
05/06/26

Mother as Theologian of the Home

This is an excerpt from the Chapter 7 of Being Family by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 72-74.
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
05/01/26

What Does Baptism Do?

This is an excerpt from the third chapter of By Water and the Word: God’s Gift of Baptism for You by Brian Thomas (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 52-60.
Russ Lackey
Russ Lackey
04/27/26

Practice Needs Promises: Martin Luther, John Mark Comer, and Christian Spirituality

May we, as preachers, rise and proclaim that Jesus Christ is sufficient for all our spiritual hunger.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
04/24/26

The Look and Feel of Vocation from the Outside

This is an excerpt from the first chapter of Being Family by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 1-6.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
03/26/26

Getting Over Your Moral Superiority

The Pharisee valued fasting and giving tithes, but could not find value in his fellow sinner.
Heather Schulz
Heather Schulz
03/18/26

Blessed Beggars

We can willingly admit the fact that we're just like tax collectors and thieves.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
03/12/26

Giving Up Your Pietism

For many years, I held piety as my god.
Jason Oakland
Jason Oakland
03/09/26

Jesus Fights for You

Although the outcome has been decided by Jesus victory, the devil won’t give up without a fight.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
03/05/26

Getting Over Your “Right” Theology

A rightly-oriented heart and a rightly-oriented love will consistently do what is best for God and best for our neighbor, which is why St. Augustine speaks of sin as a disordered love.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
03/04/26

Jesus is the Best Thing About Us

While we often talk about our growth, our progress, and what we are doing for the kingdom of God, the reality is that any goodness in a Christian does not originate in us.
Mark Mattes
Mark Mattes
02/20/26

Preaching to Bound Wills

When we despair of ourselves, we repent of these self-justifying schemes and allow ourselves to be shaped by God, covered in Christ’s righteousness, and reborn with a new heart.
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