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Ryan Matthias
Ryan Matthias
06/20/25

God is Deadly Serious About Sin

This story is not meant for six-year-olds, but it is meant for us, though we should hardly handle it.
Sam Leanza Ortiz
Sam Leanza Ortiz
10/22/21

Persecution and Unity: The Edict of Fontainebleau

Throughout the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Lutherans would work together on the mission field, at home, and abroad.
Katie Koplin
Katie Koplin
05/25/21

"Shoulding" On One Another

The law is good and holy but so often when we are “shoulding” on one another, we actually are just going to end up “burning” each other’s fields.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
02/28/21

The Gift of Generosity and Hospitality

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours generosity and hospitality into the way we think and the way we experience life.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
08/24/20

Why Paul?

This is an excerpt from the book, “Paul and the Resurrection” written by Joshua Pagán (1517 Publishing, 2020).
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/17/20

Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down

The whole world's sin, the crushing horror of death's power, and even hell itself were unleashed on that hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was executed.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
08/06/18

Carseats, Gluten, and Opinionated Bloggers

Never has the law fallen so hard on me as in motherhood. Never before was I more aware that my best wasn’t good enough.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
07/26/18

Why Church is For You

All other wonderful teachings of Holy Scripture from creation to Christ’s coming again are absolutely worthless without being understood in light of Jesus, death, and resurrection for sinners.
RJ Grunewald
RJ Grunewald
12/13/16

Grace In The Shadows

On the television show Portlandia—a satirical comedy centered on hipster culture in Portland, Oregon—one episode highlights a conversation between the characters as Carrie and Alexandra look through Fred’s endless photo album of the places he’s traveled.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
11/03/16

Philip Melanchthon: The Method of the “Loci Communes” - 1526

by Philip Melanchthon, translated by Scott L. Keith, Ph.D.; edited by Kurt Winrich
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/07/16

Five Failures I Hope to Achieve Before I Die

I have my list. It may seem strange to you, but, when I think about my own death, I often think in terms of positive failures.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/18/15

The Story of Sodom Is About Much More than Homosexuality

In the rest of the Scriptures, Sodom and Gomorrah became emblematic of cities, nations, and indeed a world that steadfastly refuses to believe in the God of mercy and truth and justice, and instead follow their own hearts.
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