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John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
05/29/24

Predestination and the Legacy of Lutheran Pietism

Lutherans have a unique heritage that makes teaching predestination doubly difficult.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/11/23

The God Who Remembers: The Action of Remembrance

This week, we’ll take a closer look at what it means to have a God who remembers us. Today, 1517 Scholar in Residence Chad Bird first introduces the Old Testament meaning behind the word and the Hebrew way of remembering.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
03/13/22

Gospel: Luke 13:1-9 (Lent 3: Series C)

The vinedresser refused to give up on his unfruitful tree. He put himself between it and the judgment it deserved, serving as mediator and caretaker.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
11/16/21

A Q&A on the New Testament Devotional Commentary, Volume 1 from Bo Giertz with Bror Erickson

What I like about Giertz’s approach is the devotional nature of these commentaries. He’s a pastor concerned with what these texts have to say to us today.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
04/06/21

Christ's Words of Comfort: John 14:27

Jesus offers to the anxious soul the one thing it ironically wants: certainty of the good.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
01/08/21

When Salt Loses it's Taste

Good works do not give us a righteousness that exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees. Rather, good works result from righteousness given by the good work of the Righteous One on the cross.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
08/19/19

God Alone Saves, Right?

This is the God of the Holy Scriptures. He is the one who repeatedly saves, always preserving his people by providing rescue in situation after situation...
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
06/27/19

Font to Table: Need for the Creeds - Why Do We Recite Them?

The creeds provide a means of unified confession that is biblically sound, transcending denominational lines of demarcation.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
09/06/18

Our Only Answer to Evil

The following is adapted from Called to Defend written by Valerie Locklair (1517 Publishing, 2017).
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
06/11/18

Preach Christ, Not About Christ

There is a difference between preaching about Christ and preaching Christ.
RJ Grunewald
RJ Grunewald
06/06/18

The Scandal of the Cross

A Roman execution device isn't exactly a picturesque scene of divine love on display.
Larry D. Hughes
Larry D. Hughes
10/27/17

Divine Language

God’s justification of us does not happen secretly in our spirits. God justifies you and me in His absolving Word
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