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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John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/17/22

The Freakonomics of Jesus

Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
10/16/22

Gospel: Luke 18:9-17 (Pentecost 20: Series C)

This parable does its surprising work of turning everything upside-down, as Christ’s Kingdom always does.
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
10/16/22

Old Testament: Genesis 4:1-15 (Pentecost 20: Series C)

Jesus is the only one who is His brothers’ keeper on behalf of all of humanity and the only one who answered the rhetorical question fully and correctly for you.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/16/22

Jesus’ Amnesty Program

Jesus speaks His Word, and a new world order emerges, with the possibility of uniting disparate parties in the true faith.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
10/14/22

1 John 4:15-21: Staying In Love

The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
10/12/22

That was not me

Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/11/22

We Cannot Serve God and Mammon

We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
Tyler Cronkright
Tyler Cronkright
10/10/22

The Most Famous Person You Have Never Heard Of

Paul calls them the fruits of the Spirit after all
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
10/09/22

Old Testament: Genesis 32:22-30 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

The true masterpiece of the Bible’s narrative is that we are blessed not in the way we want but in the way God gives freely on account of Christ alone.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
10/09/22

Gospel: Luke 18:1-8 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

The Kingdom will be manifest when the King wills it, and rest assured, He is a good King.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/09/22

Epistle: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

The Word and the Spirit go together. The Spirit, the breath of God, illumines and makes alive through the Word of God; both written and external, that is, preached and sacramented.
Ryan Tinetti
Ryan Tinetti
10/08/22

The Preacher's Toolbox: The Sound of Silence-Pauses in Preaching

Strategic silence is a sanctified stall tactic which benefits both the preacher and the pew-sitter. It is not just dead air.
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