The Two Metaphysical Mysteries: Luther’s Parallel Understanding of the Lord’s Supper and the Incarnation
By Jeremiah Schultz
10/02/26
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The Two Metaphysical Mysteries: Luther’s Parallel Understanding of the Lord’s Supper and the Incarnation

Just as it is necessary that Christ took on flesh for our salvation, so too, it is necessary that he should be in the supper bodily
You Might Have a Troubled Heart
Christopher J. Richmann
Christopher J. Richmann
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You Might Have a Troubled Heart

Jesus doesn’t say, “I give you the way,” but “I am the way.”
The Fear of Being Known
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
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The Fear of Being Known

This is an excerpt from the sixth chapter of Fear Not: How the Gospel Disrupts Our Deepest Anxieties by Luke Kjolhaug (1517 Publishing, 2026).

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When we come to God with our faithful obedience to make a case for our just cause, we expect to hear his deliverance in the form of a "yes."
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What's Your Sign? Birth Charts and Astrology

People are searching for connection, direction, and hope in a troubled world, and we can use their star-shaped questions to point them to the shape of the cross.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
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Easter is Over, Now What?

Just as the grave could not hold the Lord of Life, neither could the calendar contain Easter to just one Sunday.
Ken Sundet Jones
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Relax, It's Me: How Jesus Saves Us From Doubt and Despair

For those of us who recognize the disciples’ despair in ourselves, Jesus comes with the same word: “Relax, it’s me. Peace be with you.”
John Bombaro
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Good Shepherd Shepherding Well

What kind of shepherd does God provide? The answer, of course, starts and ends with Christ.
Chad Bird
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God’s Sabbath Sleep: How Christ Filled in the Gap in the Creation Story

Tomorrow Jesus will laugh his way out of the tomb, spit in the face of death, and kick the devil in the throat as he dances to the clapping glee of angelic masses. But today he just rests.
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You can’t bear your own sins, to say nothing of getting rid of them.
Bror Erickson
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Salvation in the Silence of God

Good Friday encompasses the silence of God, even as it focuses on our salvation in the cross of Christ.
Robert Kolb
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Each day gives us occasion to die to our sinful identities of all kinds and to live out a life in Christ’s footsteps as children of God.
Robert Kolb
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Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Community

Golgotha is the point where not only Mary and John’s family life assumed a new character, but it is the point of orientation for all human community that uses the cross to straighten out the lives of individuals turned in upon themselves.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
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Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Identity

The cross does not remain on a hill far away. It pursues us into the valleys, the ravines, the crevices in which we get trapped as we wander in search of a fixed point for our lives.
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Gospel: Mark 16:1-8 (Easter Sunday: Series B)

Like the women who came despite their questions, your hearers will gather despite their uncertainties, and they will be looking for a word of honest hope.
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