1. Martin Luther's Reformation Hymns

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    05/16/24
    12 mins
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    By Nicholas Hopman
    It is difficult to overestimate the importance of these early Lutheran hymns – and their physical availability in hymnals – in the piety of common people living in Lutheran towns and territories.
    Martin Luther's Reformation Hymns

  2. The Battle of Frankenhausen and the Ruin of Thomas Müntzer

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    05/15/24
    16 mins
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    By Amy Mantravadi
    The Battle of Frankenhausen stands as a warning for what can happen when we abandon the Word God has given us and chase after some vision of our own imaginations.
    The Battle of Frankenhausen and the Ruin of Thomas Müntzer

  3. Eucatastrophe of Easter

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    04/24/24
    13 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    Eucatastrophe is the coming untrue of all sin, evil, and death. And where that starts is the empty tomb of the risen Jesus.
    Eucatastrophe of Easter

  4. God’s Gift of Justification

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    04/18/24
    17 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
    God’s Gift of Justification

  5. The Hands of the King

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    04/17/24
    12 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    When Jesus appeared again to his disciples on that first Easter evening and again a week later with Thomas and the Emmaus disciples, what did Jesus show them? His hands.
    The Hands of the King

  6. Bold as a Lion: Leo the Great and Resurrection Courage

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    04/11/24
    15 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    Jesus continues to do the same for me and for you as he did for his disciples. He still shows up for us. He still speaks his peace to us.
    Bold as a Lion: Leo the Great and Resurrection Courage

  7. Jesus' Tomb and Folded Facecloths

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    04/04/24
    10 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    This article is written by guest contributor, Aaron Boerst.
    Jesus' Tomb and Folded Facecloths

  8. Shrug Not at the Burial of Jesus

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    03/30/24
    14 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.
    Shrug Not at the Burial of Jesus

  9. A Very Good Friday

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    03/29/24
    12 mins
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    By Adam Francisco
    The death and resurrection did indeed really happen. They are accomplished historical facts, and by them, so too is the forgiveness of our sins and justification before God.
    A Very Good Friday

  10. See God on Passion Sunday

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    03/25/24
    19 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    He represents our likeness, fulfills it, and so has the prerogative to reproduce his likeness in us.
    See God on Passion Sunday

  11. Showing Off Battle Wounds

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    03/22/24
    9 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    This article is written by guest contributor, Aaron Boerst
    Showing Off Battle Wounds

  12. Peace through A God Who Dies for His Enemies

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    03/21/24
    7 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    The relationship with God through Christ and renewal in his image in Christ cannot be taken away or compromised through suffering.
    Peace through A God Who Dies for His Enemies
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