Waking Up in Post Christendom
By Adam Francisco
05/14/26
19mins

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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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/28/18

Failed Saint, Faithful Savior

Christians have long enjoyed an absurd love affair with white-washing biblical saints.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
08/22/18

Revelation 1:4-5 | What Happens When the Triune God Shows Up? | 005

Amazing things. That’s what happens when the Triune God shows up in Jesus Christ.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
08/15/18

A Look at True Proclamation of the Gospel

The Confessions instead look forward and provide a critique of the world and of all my various religions and idolatries.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/14/18

Daily Bread & Bread of Life

But when we trust Jesus, then we close our eyes to it all and say, “Heavenly Father, I’m your child.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
08/08/18

The Red in our Ledgers

The only sea of tranquility that can unite God and man and bring brotherhood among us is found in the Word and sacraments.
Scott Davis
Scott Davis
08/07/18

Jesus Gives Participation Trophies

We’re all familiar with the “outrage” in our culture about the trend in youth sports to award “participation trophies.”
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
08/02/18

Who are You to Walk the Walk

I can pretend for a little bit, but as soon as the phone is put away and it’s just me and my sin, I am fearful about what my walk says about me. I know what I should do, but I can’t quite seem to do it.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
08/01/18

When God Wounds

Life is certainly unfair. But in Christ, at least in part, we rejoice at such a notion. Grace, that great descriptor of God’s devotion, is a word that only finds its purpose, only exists at all, because it exists as a response to guilt.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/24/18

The Truth About Loving Our God

The force of our love is violent. It is love acted out as, “I will love you in a way that’s best for me, and you’ll like it, and celebrate it, and reward me for it.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/23/18

Grace Has No Expiration Date

I, like you probably, have an uncontrollable aversion to any food product that is past its expiration date.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
07/20/18

Confessionalism and Why It’s Important

Where once we confessed reliance only in ourselves and our own power, now we confess reliance on Christ alone. So, for our relationship before God, our confession of faith matters.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
07/19/18

Worth Your Meditation

Our meditation listens to the King of Kings when He says; it is finished.
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