The Look and Feel of Vocation from the Outside
By Scott Keith
04/24/26
20mins

The Look and Feel of Vocation from the Outside

This is an excerpt from the first chapter of Being Family by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 1-6.
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Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
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Prophecy, Promises, and the Freedom of "I Don’t Know"

God has told us everything necessary for faith. However he has not told us everything there is to know.
The Backwards Mercy of Jesus’s Baptism
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
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The Backwards Mercy of Jesus’s Baptism

Jesus didn’t enter the water because he was sinful; he entered the water because John was sinful, as are we all.

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The words of Jesus shine with a graceful brilliance among the broken fragments of this world.
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Gretchen Ronnevik
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The Spirit Never Stops Testifying to Christ: 1 John 5:5-12

Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
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How to Define Christian Community

There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
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Old Testament: Isaiah 1:10-18 (Pentecost 21: Series C)

No efforts to create worship as a delectable dish to attract people to our services will ever work, because it is only what God gives to us in His Word and Sacrament that can satisfy the hungry and thirsty soul.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
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Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30 (Reformation Sunday: Series C)

To preach Christ and Him crucified is to reveal again the revealed God who saves.
Ryan Tinetti
Ryan Tinetti
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The Preacher's Toolbox: The Necessity of Clarity

Clarity enables mobility. When preachers make the message clear, the people of God are freed-up to follow Jesus.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
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Gospel: Luke 18:9-17 (Pentecost 20: Series C)

This parable does its surprising work of turning everything upside-down, as Christ’s Kingdom always does.
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
10/16/22

Old Testament: Genesis 4:1-15 (Pentecost 20: Series C)

Jesus is the only one who is His brothers’ keeper on behalf of all of humanity and the only one who answered the rhetorical question fully and correctly for you.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
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Jesus’ Amnesty Program

Jesus speaks His Word, and a new world order emerges, with the possibility of uniting disparate parties in the true faith.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
10/13/22

A Very Brief Introduction to Logos Theology

Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
Tyler Cronkright
Tyler Cronkright
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The Most Famous Person You Have Never Heard Of

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Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
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Old Testament: Genesis 32:22-30 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

The true masterpiece of the Bible’s narrative is that we are blessed not in the way we want but in the way God gives freely on account of Christ alone.
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