1. Becoming Human Again

    book
    07/28/23
    13 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    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.
    Becoming Human Again

  2. A Rose Among Thorns

    book
    07/12/23
    24 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Grace comes for every foolish, self-absorbed sinner, for every “Nabal,” and announces that there is one who has already taken it upon himself to shoulder all of our wrongdoing, paying the price for it through the sacrifice of himself.
    A Rose Among Thorns

  3. The Gifts of the Trinity

    book
    06/30/23
    9 mins
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    By Jason Oakland
    Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
    The Gifts of the Trinity

  4. Ice Baths for Lost Sheep

    book
    06/27/23
    7 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
    Ice Baths for Lost Sheep

  5. Why Do You Expect So Little of God?

    book
    06/01/23
    11 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
    Why Do You Expect So Little of God?

  6. Confessions of a Tim Keller Name-Dropper

    book
    05/23/23
    13 mins
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    By Erick Sorensen
    Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
    Confessions of a Tim Keller Name-Dropper

  7. A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

    book
    05/03/23
    17 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
    A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

  8. You're a Horse

    book
    04/27/23
    12 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
    You're a Horse

  9. What's in a Name?

    book
    04/21/23
    26 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    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.
    What's in a Name?

  10. The Easter Prelude

    book
    04/09/23
    10 mins
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    By Steven A. Hein
    This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
    The Easter Prelude

  11. The Presentation of Our Lord

    book
    02/02/23
    9 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
    The Presentation of Our Lord

  12. Law and Gospel in 2 Corinthians 3

    book
    02/01/23
    10 mins
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    By Kevin Hale
    Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
    Law and Gospel in 2 Corinthians 3
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