Every time someone is baptized, every time bread is broken and wine poured, every time a sinner hears, “Your sins are forgiven in Christ,” Pentecost happens again.
06/05/25
They were still praying, trusting, and hoping. Why? Because they knew who was with them and who was for them: the risen Christ.
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03/22/16
The first person who attempted to stop people from talking about Jesus was not a tyrant, a secular government, or a bully religious mob.
03/22/16
Thankfully, our heavenly Father sent a Champion into the game to take our place. What we failed to do, He accomplished.
03/14/16
The Lord has a special place in his heart for those whom the world forgets. For the anonymous. For the rejected.
03/10/16
God isn’t interested in your sins. He isn’t interested in keeping score, making sure that you keep at least one more good work than bad in your ledger.
03/10/16
God isn’t interested in your sins. He isn’t interested in keeping score, making sure that you keep at least one more good work than bad in your ledger.
03/08/16
The following conversation occurred between one of 1517's readers/listeners and Dr. Rosenbladt via email in February of 2016.
03/03/16
Your sins do not exist because He who called heaven and earth into existence, has called your sins out of existence. He who made everything from nothing unmakes your sins into nothing.
03/01/16
We spend the first nine months of our lives in utter darkness. There are no tiny fluorescent bulbs beaming from the ceiling of the womb, no fetal flashlights, not even a pinprick of illumination.
02/21/16
We hang on to our sins not despite the fact that they hurt, but precisely because they do hurt. We need to hurt, to fret over them, to cry over them, to make amends over them, because by doing so, we will grease the wheels of God’s forgiveness.
02/13/16
I looked up at the cross and saw what God had become to bring me home. He had become what I was.
02/10/16
Grace is easier to tweet about than extend. When we are talking about my sin and the impact it has on others, I want grace.
02/08/16
What is really good for the soul is not so much confession as absolution. If confession is us telling the truth about ourselves to God, then absolution is God telling us a truer truth about ourselves.
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