Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies
By Steven Paulson
01/16/26
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Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies

God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.
Psalm 12, Part 1: Set in Salvation
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
01/15/26

Psalm 12, Part 1: Set in Salvation

Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.
Welcome to My House
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
01/14/26

Welcome to My House

Bringing your family to church to receive “the one thing needful” (Luke 10:42) in Word and Sacrament honors and pleases God.

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Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
01/27/22

Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
01/13/22

The Words That Fill the Halls of Our Churches

I write this as someone who’s genuinely concerned that American congregants are getting bamboozled by preachers who are giving them less than what they need Sunday after Sunday.
Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove
Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove
01/12/22

Death and Rebirth in James McBride's Deacon King Kong

At its heart, this is what Deacon King Kong is all about: the paradox of Jesus carving his victory out of the last thing we expect, not our triumphs but our defeats.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/07/22

A Review of 'Figuring Resurrection' by Jeffrey Pulse

Viewing the Word as a unified theological narrative prevents us from treating the Scriptures like a cage match between competing theological systems, with prophets duking it out with apostles, and psalmists with evangelists, all supposedly fighting for their voice to be heard.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/30/21

A Two-Faced Look at the Coming New Year

Buried deep in our human psyche, there seems to be more than a need—almost a necessity—to celebrate the arrival of a new year. It’s like an unspoken, unlegislated cultural demand, as instinctual as moving to music or smiling at a newborn. Why? What deep human need is at work here?
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
12/29/21

Christmas and the Theology of Gift

Love turns out to be not simply a thing or action, but a characteristic of God himself.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
12/28/21

The Shepherds' Witness

The shepherds are the most unlikely people to play the role the angels cast them in.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
12/17/21

Advent Three Times Over

The Advents of Christ (past, present, and future) elicit faith in the word of Christ, confirmed by his presence.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
12/17/21

1517 Christmas Special

Christmas conversations with Kelsi Klembara, Daniel Emery Price, Scott Keith and Blake Flattley.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
12/15/21

Consider Jesus

Moses was sent to keep the house in order, but this Child is sent to bring the house home, and you are part of that house, the household of God.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
12/13/21

Nothing But the Blood

Your Christian faith is a bloody faith, and that ought not make you fearful or scared or embarrassed.
Justin Rossow
Justin Rossow
12/12/21

Epistle: Hebrews 10:5-10 (Advent 4: Series C)

When Jesus assumes the body prepared for Him to do God’s will, the end of an old era has arrived, and with it, the beginning of a new.
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