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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Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
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The Great Storyteller

Every day, in everything we do and experience, we are busy hearing, seeing, and telling stories.
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I'm Glad You're With Me: Tolkien, Lewis, and the (not so) Great War

Ultimately it’s at the cross of Calvary, through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the great Lion of Judah, that the stone table is broken, and everything sad does indeed finally come untrue.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
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Why Real Conversation is Important for Apologetics

When disagreements break out we unfriend, unfollow, and unburden our minds by surrounding ourselves with only the right sorts of people.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
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When a Christian is Pushed into Atheism

What do we say when a Christian admits the church has driven them to atheism? And they don't mean ideologically.
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
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The Boys

While hyperbolic The Boys brings its viewers to the harsh world of reality and the daily struggle of sin.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
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Beyond Redemption

Christ’s death is sufficient for all, even Christians.
Dan van Voorhis
Dan van Voorhis
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Christmas in August and Handel's Messiah

On this Day Handel Begins Composing Messiah, and 5 Things We Can Learn From It
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
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Q&A with Donavon Riley for "Crucifying Religion"

The following is a Question and Answer session with author and pastor Donavon Riley where we talk about his latest book, “Crucifying Religion: How Jesus is the End of Religion”.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
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The iChisel: Defaced Images and the Human-Faced God

It’s no wonder we’re so attached to images; we are one. We are human hyphens between the celestial and the terrestrial.
John Warwick Montgomery
John Warwick Montgomery
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Human Rights: The Need

The following is an excerpt adapted from, “Human Rights and Human Dignity,” written by John Warwick Montgomery (1517 Publishing, 2016).
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
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Can the Church Save Singing? Three Simple Recommendations

Imagine yourself at an advanced age. What do you want to remember when you’ve forgotten virtually everything else? Sing that.
Dan van Voorhis
Dan van Voorhis
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On Reading Broadly

We can’t all afford to travel the world, but the more we read from outside our own context, the bigger we see the world.
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