Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

By Kelsi Klembara

10/30/26

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Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.

Mark Duerr

10/29/26

Messengers, Angels, and Apostles

While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

Bradley Gray

10/28/26

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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Bradley Gray

04/30/26

The Tree That Sweetens Every Sorrow

Even when the bitter places sink down deep into our bones, the Restorer never relinquishes his grip on you.

Scott Keith

04/24/26

The Look and Feel of Vocation from the Outside

This is an excerpt from the first chapter of Being Family by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 1-6.

Caleb Keith

04/21/26

Taking Hell Seriously

To not speak of hell is also to forget or ignore the great benefits of Christ and his saving work.

Bradley Gray

04/09/26

Is the Lord Among Us or Not?

What Israel’s story makes painfully obvious is that following the Lord is a lifelong lesson in “I believe, but help my unbelief” (Mark 9:24).

Adam Francisco

04/07/26

The Authority of the Holy Scriptures

This is an excerpt from the first chapter of A Reasoned Defense of the Faith by Adam Francisco (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 1-3.

Magnus Persson

03/25/26

The Original Sin of Preaching: The Constant Craving for a Useful God in Pulpit and Pew

God is not a tool in our hands. He does not exist to serve our goals, our metrics, or our platforms.

Adam Francisco

03/11/26

How Much Blood is Enough?

The reasoning was always the same. The gods were angry. The gods were hungry. The gods required payment.

Bradley Gray

03/10/26

This Is the Song That Never Ends

God wasn’t finished with Israel just yet. The wilderness wasn’t their home.

Steve Byrnes

02/23/26

When the Word Broke Free

The entire history of Protestantism is downstream of a goldsmith in Mainz figuring out how to cast identical pieces of lead type in less than a minute.

Christopher J. Richmann

02/17/26

Wrath and Death

People everywhere, every day, feel God’s wrath—and not as merely an afterlife threat but as a present reality.

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).

Steven Paulson

01/15/26

Psalm 12, Part 1: Set in Salvation

Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.

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