1. Virtue for the Sake of Virtue or Your Neighbor?

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    04/08/21
    12 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    This is an excerpt from Vocation: The Setting for Human Flourishing written by Michael Berg (1517 Publishing, 2021). Available for purchase this Tuesday!
    Virtue for the Sake of Virtue or Your Neighbor?

  2. Is Jesus the Only Way? Yes and No

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    03/08/21
    13 mins
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    By Mark Mattes
    It’s not the disciples’ faith that invented the resurrection but the resurrection that gave birth to the disciples’ faith.
    Is Jesus the Only Way? Yes and No

  3. What Happens When the Gospel Isn’t Threatened

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    01/19/21
    11 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    Has the modern world taken too strong a dose of the gospel as its inheritance from the Reformation?
    What Happens When the Gospel Isn’t Threatened

  4. Who was Anselm of Canterbury?

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    12/04/20
    15 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    On this day in the year 1093, Anselm was consecrated as the archbishop of Canterbury.
    Who was Anselm of Canterbury?

  5. What the Radical Reformation Can Teach Us About Assurance

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    07/13/20
    16 mins
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    By Kelsi Klembara
    By basing our assurance on the promises of God, which we not only hope for in the future but live in now, the Christian can finally rest in the comfort that they are both saved and not responsible for their own salvation.
    What the Radical Reformation Can Teach Us About Assurance

  6. The Difference between Philosophy and Theology: Following in Luther's Footsteps

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    06/12/20
    12 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    The gospel does not proclaim the results of our practical reasoning about things we experience, but the horror of God crucified for our sins and at our hands.
    The Difference between Philosophy and Theology: Following in Luther's Footsteps

  7. Weaponizing Our Virtues

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    02/11/20
    10 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Virtue, like all good things, can easily be weaponized. And not only can, but constantly is. Indeed, I would argue that, for churchgoing, rule-following, tradition-honoring, morality-applauding people, virtue often becomes the cancer that we deem a badge of honor.
    Weaponizing Our Virtues

  8. Postmodernism, Charlottesville and the Hope to Come….

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    08/16/17
    15 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    "Are you Republican or Democrat?” “Liberal or conservative?” “Yankees or Red Sox?” “Star Wars or Star Trek?”
    Postmodernism, Charlottesville and the Hope to Come….

  9. Dancing With The Spirit

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    08/08/16
    12 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    Years ago I picked up a used copy of Thomas Á Kempis’ Imitation of Christ at a second-hand bookstore.
    Dancing With The Spirit
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