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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/29/24

The Surpassing Certainty of God’s Love

More certain than death or taxes and more certain than “anything else in all creation” is the fact that God loves you.
Michael Berg
Michael Berg
08/05/24

Comedy Might Just Save Us

Free speech isn't dead yet, and when it comes to the proclamation of the gospel, it never will be.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
02/17/22

No Other Name!

Only in Christ has God taken upon himself the worst that could ever happen between God and man: he has allowed himself to be rejected.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
08/25/21

The Two-Faced God

Although God is always closer to us than the nose on our face, he has not taken the wraps off and given any sinful and mortal human being a full-measure, face-to-face meeting.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
05/15/21

Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 (Pentecost Sunday: Series B)

Somedays we are simply looking for a mark, a rock at the foot of a tree, something to direct us forward, a few words to let us know we are going in the right direction.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
11/30/20

A Message for Giving Tuesday

We at 1517 are utterly committed to keeping the main thing, the main thing.
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
09/11/20

A Different Kind of Catechism

The scope of catechesis from the Reformation was broad and included not only instruction at church but in the home and in schools.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
02/06/20

A Cloud Full of Grace

They were righteous, but they were righteous because God declared it so. Just like us.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/24/17

You've Got Your Faith, I've Got Mine

When it comes to faith, God runs all the verbs. God's Spirit calls us by the Gospel. He enlightens us with His gifts.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/27/16

Where There Is No Gospel...

Can one still find a church that teaches that Christianity, and the Christian life, can be summed up as: "We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone?"
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/22/15

Jesus Is Our Peace

The kind of peace Jesus points to can't be achieved with words.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
04/28/14

Legos and Apologetics: Imagination, Art, and Sub-Creation (Part 3)

What do imagination, Lego bricks, and Sub-Creation have to do with apologetics?
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