By Bradley Gray

07/09/25

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Inception and the Paradox of Grace

Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

Donavon Riley

07/08/25

Only Christ, Not OnlyFans

We don’t flinch at sin. We speak Christ into it.

Daniel Emery Price

07/07/25

What Makes a Saint: A Saint is a Sinner

One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.

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Bradley Gray

09/13/21

Free Indeed

Jesus’s freedom is different. It isn’t meant to indicate that the moorings which tether men and women to what is true, beautiful, and holy are unfastened, liberating them to do anything they please.

Caleb Keith

09/11/21

God's Response to Evil: Remembering 9/11

When sin comes out of the shadows and makes itself known, Christians can rest in and declare Christ's resurrection.

Katie Koplin

09/09/21

Hannah: What to Do With Weakness?

This is the second installment in our series profiling women in the Bible (Who are not named Ruth or Esther). Both the stories of Ruth and Esther are beautiful, gracious, and profound. We love reading and rereading them. However, in an attempt to bring attention to more stories of more women throughout the Scriptures, we choose now to shift our focus.

Erick Sorensen

09/08/21

Good Guys and Bad Guys

But the biggest problem with the Pharisee’s prayer is that he judges himself compared to other people, rather than to God. Our natural tendency is to do just this.

Bror Erickson

09/04/21

Life as a Cigarette

The grass withered for them too, but they held on to God’s Word. They knew that was eternal, so they lived in it. They lived in his forgiveness.

Sarah Crowder

09/02/21

Eve: A Most Holy Woman, Full of Faith and Love

Today, we begin a short series profiling women in the Bible (Who are not named Ruth or Esther). Both the stories of Ruth and Esther are beautiful, gracious, and profound. We love reading and rereading them. However, in an attempt to bring attention to more stories of more women throughout the Scriptures, we choose now to shift our focus. Our first woman, is, the first woman herself: Eve.

Steven A. Hein

08/31/21

A Q&A for the Second Edition of "The Christian Life: Cross or Glory?

The Second Edition of “The Christian Life: Cross or Glory?” by Steven Hein is now available from 1517 Publishing.

John Bombaro

08/29/21

Power-Off the Projector for the Doctrine of Justification

Let us move beyond the milk and onto solid food — the meat of biblical, creedal, confessional theology in our preaching.

Martin Luther

08/28/21

The Day of Grace

The night has passed and the day broken. In response to the morning dawn, birds sing, beasts arouse themselves and all humanity arises.

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.

Roland Ehlke

08/24/21

An Overview on the Content and Importance of Augustine's City of God

In writing City of God, Augustine sought to demonstrate that the events of 410 were but a glimpse of all history.

Kelsi Klembara

08/19/21

Can Body Positivity Overcome Our Bodies of Death?

As the body positivity movement has gained traction, we must also be aware of some of its pitfalls

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