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1517 Staff
1517 Staff
05/25/23

When You Have Him

God is the end of living, the destination, the point of it all.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
07/09/21

The Trinity and the Gospel

What Luther is doing in his Catechism is teaching how the gospel is an action of the whole Trinity, not just one of the persons.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
03/28/21

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.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
11/01/20

Jesus Did Not “Pass Away”: On Preaching Death and Dying

Faithful preachers should remain steadfast in the biblical categories and terminology and preach the reality of death.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
08/31/20

Christus Victor Saved My Life

We don’t just need someone to bear our guilt and die for us. We also need someone to defeat all of the forces of sin and darkness and anxiety and depression that overwhelm us.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
04/26/20

New Testament: Acts 2:42-47 (Easter 4: Series A)

The teaching of the Apostles, the fellowship of believers, the breaking of bread and prayer lay out the components of worship.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
09/20/18

Divorce Never Decreed

Then, Jesus our Groom, with His nail-scarred hands takes our hands and walks out with us from that ultimate courtroom, and into eternity – His eternity – and a never-ending wedding feast.
Jessica Thompson
Jessica Thompson
06/21/18

The God of Rejects

We should take great care in observing how the psalmist relates to God. Our eyes and hearts should be open to seeing what the psalmist appeals to and how he addresses God.
Larry D. Hughes
Larry D. Hughes
12/22/17

R.C. Sproul

To lose a leader like this is always too soon!
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/30/17

Sin Is Boring

Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. It can get ahold of a person and turn him all the way in on himself.
Paul Dunk
Paul Dunk
09/15/16

Tremors Of Grace

For those of you unfamiliar with the Richter scale, our friends over at Wikipedia define it as a 1930s invention that "is a base-10 logarithmic scale, which defines magnitude as the logarithm of the ratio of the amplitude of the seismic waves to an arbitrary, minor amplitude."
Rod Rosenbladt
Rod Rosenbladt
03/08/16

How Do I Know I Have Actual Saving Faith?

The following conversation occurred between one of 1517's readers/listeners and Dr. Rosenbladt via email in February of 2016.
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