Christ is Our Fulfillment
By Caleb Keith
01/26/26
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Christ is Our Fulfillment

Fulfillment can sound awkward as a title or name, but it is one of the most prominent proclamations concerning Christ found in the New Testament.
The Reason for Lent
Christopher J. Richmann
Christopher J. Richmann
01/23/26

The Reason for Lent

This is an excerpt from the introduction of Stretched: A Study for Lent and the Entire Christian Life by Christopher Richmann (1517 Publishing, 2026).
Is Faith Enough?
Heather Schulz
Heather Schulz
01/22/26

Is Faith Enough?

We can bring our troubles, griefs, sorrows, and sins to Jesus, who meets us smack dab in the middle of our messy mob.

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Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale
08/30/23

The Inner Ring

The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
07/28/23

Becoming Human Again

The only place to begin a discussion of human/creaturely identity is with our relationship to the God whose breath filled dust, brought us to life, sustains us and gives us a hopeful future.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
05/11/23

Stones Fit for Skipping

The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
04/21/23

What's in a Name?

The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
01/13/23

Very Superstitious: A History of the Sign of the Cross

The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
01/12/23

A Real Person

Fullness, truth, reality – all this God gives us as his gift in Christ.
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
11/29/22

The Theology of Midnights

All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/24/22

The Alpha and Omega of Generosity

It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
11/14/22

A Life Hidden in Christ

You are a child of God. You’re blameless, holy, perfect, and righteous. Don’t feel that way? Too bad. God is greater than your heart.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
11/12/22

Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

That is the task of preaching in these last weeks of the Church Year, to enable the people given to our care, to praise God from the perspective of the end when our Lord will return in glory bringing us into His Kingdom of glory.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
11/12/22

Epistles: Colossians 1:13-20 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

The epistle text from Colossians 1 declares how the great drama of redemption and human history ends.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
11/09/22

You were and you are

You’re not new because of what you do. You’re new and so you do new things, even in spite of yourself, because of your sinful nature.
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