Can Theologians, Too, Be Saved?
By Scott Keith
05/25/26
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Can Theologians, Too, Be Saved?

No one is harder to convert than a religious expert.
A Mouthful of God's Words
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/21/26

A Mouthful of God's Words

Jeremiah’s prophetic call isn’t a one-off moment. Unique though it was, it wasn’t wholly exclusive.
The Theology of Play and the Joy of Repentance
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
05/18/26

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!

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Jason Oakland
Jason Oakland
06/30/23

The Gifts of the Trinity

Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/27/23

Ice Baths for Lost Sheep

The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/20/23

Opening the Dead Hands of Faith

It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/16/23

Summertime Blues?

God's faithfulness is constant and consistent. It knows no season. His love for us doesn't fade with the summer sun.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
06/15/23

Sin Will Have No Dominion

We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
Jake Allstaedt
Jake Allstaedt
05/24/23

A Near-Death Experience and a Nagging Question

Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
05/01/23

What is Theosis?

What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
Michael Berg
Michael Berg
04/18/23

An Excerpt from Any Given Sunday

This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
04/12/23

If Christ has not been raised, the Dead in Christ are Lost

If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
04/11/23

If Christ Has Not Been Raised, You Are Still in Your Sins

What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
Karen Stenberg
Karen Stenberg
03/22/23

Do You Struggle Like I Do?

It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
03/14/23

The Parable of the Sower

We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
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