By Bradley Gray

01/19/26

26mins

Behold the Lamb

The Passover wasn’t just Israel’s story; it’s ours.

Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies

Steven Paulson

01/16/26

Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies

God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.

Steven Paulson

01/15/26

Psalm 12, Part 1: Set in Salvation

Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.

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Haroldo Camacho

01/10/23

Another Look at the "Loving" Expert on the Law

The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.

Steven A. Hein

01/06/23

In the Stars

The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.

Bradley Gray

01/05/23

Jesus is Better

As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."

Luke Kjolhaug

01/02/23

A Toast to the End of Ourselves

Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.

Scott Keith

12/22/22

Christmas in Psalm 22: Why Have You Forsaken Me?

To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.

Steven Paulson

12/20/22

Christmas in Psalm 2: Futility is Funny

Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.

John W. Hoyum

12/14/22

Finding the Catholic Luther: A Review of Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith by Todd Hains

Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.

Chad Bird

12/05/22

A Review of Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)

The more awareness we have that we are weak and low and frail and incapable of doing this thing called life, the more perfectly we are positioned to meet the God of grace.

Craig Donofrio

11/30/22

Advent Anticipation Through the Ages

When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?

1517 Staff

11/28/22

Church Fathers on Christmas: John Chrysostom

For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.

Ryan Couch

11/17/22

Friends in Low Places

You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.

Haroldo Camacho

11/15/22

Your Son Died, You Owe Nothing

We live again, not so that we will now pay our debt, but to proclaim that we live because our debt was paid!

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