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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Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
03/01/17

Living Out Forgiveness

One of the common things I see my congregants struggle with is the concept of forgiveness. Contrary to what I had assumed would be the case, I find congregants don’t struggle so much with giving forgiveness as they do living with forgiveness.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/24/17

The Church of Chicken Little

On a recurring basis, Christians spot news headlines that signal yet one more moral collapse in society, the growing paganization of the cultures in which we live, the spread of antipathy toward the faith.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
02/23/17

What Does It Mean When Jesus Says, "I Am The Way"?

He does not offer a linear route or a series of actions. He offers Himself. In very simple straightforward words, He declares, “I am the way.”
Mark Jasa
Mark Jasa
02/20/17

Baptism Now Saves, But...Who and When

Who should we baptize and when? How old does the person have to be? What if we get it wrong? Will something terrible happen to us?
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/19/17

My Great-Grandmother Handed Her Husband Over to the Devil

She wasn’t so much giving up on her husband as giving up on herself. She was giving up trying to be the person who changes another person. It was going to take more than her to reform the man she loved.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/15/17

Christianity Is Not for Everyone

The God who calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves will seem hopelessly out of touch with your insulated life of self-sufficiency.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
02/15/17

The Get Down

Today, people often bemoan the loss of children in the church.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/14/17

The Law of Christ

It's difficult enough for us to bear anothers' burdens, but carry another person's sin for him? Why would we do that?
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/13/17

Joy Has No Expiration Date: A Story of Love Worth Waiting For

Their love story was a long time in coming. He was 82 and she 74. And this was the first, and the last, marriage for both.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
02/09/17

Hunted By Goodness & Mercy

There is no Psalm as well known as Psalm 23
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
02/09/17

The Fruit of a Culture That Worships Individualism: Loneliness

We have now reached a point where many believe so strongly in individualism that nothing else matters.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/05/17

Life Is Too Short to Dream Big Dreams

Life is too short to dream big dreams. They tend to devour everything that gets in their way, including family.
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