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Sarah Crowder
Sarah Crowder
12/23/20

A Christmas Bouquet

This Jesus, Savior of sinners, does not do his work from afar. He comes to dwell with us, humbling himself, taking on flesh, that we might be redeemed.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
11/08/20

Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30 (Pentecost 24: Series A)

The tragedy of this parable is not the failure to serve. It is the failure to truly know your Savior.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
11/02/20

Jesus is Bigger than Your Vote

You are free from allowing anyone to cast doubt on your salvation based upon your political preferences. And free from causing anyone else to question their faith due to what Christian convictions they may have to compromise to vote in one direction or the other.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/11/20

Epistle: I Thessalonians 1:1-10 (Pentecost 20: Series A)

Passover is the story that lets us interpret the full meaning of Christ’s death and resurrection.
Robert Farrar Capon
Robert Farrar Capon
06/15/20

The Hell of Bookkeeping

If the world could have been saved by bookkeeping, it would have been saved by Moses, not Jesus. The law was just fine.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
05/25/20

The Suffering Away of Hell

The biggest point Luther makes about the descent is not that Jesus triumphed over hell idle and unaffected, but that Jesus defeated hell by suffering hell away.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
02/07/20

The Patience of Job

The following is an excerpt from "Finding Christ in the Straw," written by Robert M. Hiller (1517 Publishing, 2020).
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
01/14/20

Good News for Resolution Failures

When we talk about bettering ourselves, we need to realize that a theology of the cross does not militate against this endeavor but that it places it squarely in the horizontal realm.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/22/18

When We're Mad at God, How Do We Pray?

It’s by no means an ivory-tower theological question. It’s as real as the weight we’ve lost from the stress of our divorce. As real as the bottle of antidepressants on our nightstand. We believe in him. We love him. But every voice inside us and every shred of evidence outside us points to his abandonment of us in our hour of deepest need.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/14/18

How Much Sleep Did You Lose Over the Syrian Children?

From the untouchable living on the streets of India to the millionaire in Manhattan; from the farmer in Germany to the escort in Vegas; from the missionary in Argentina to the bartender in Ireland—they are all in the love zone of the Lord. Every. Single. One.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
04/10/18

God Is Our Salvation

Our gods expect us to be perfect, pure, and in constant control of our feelings and thoughts.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
02/22/16

Concerning the Gospel

The term Gospel came to mean a new kind of proclamation so that the Law and the new doctrine [Gospel] are distinguished in such a way that the new doctrine gains primary influence.
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