A Review of
By Bob Hiller
05/04/26
19mins

A Review of "The Desecration of Man" by Carl Trueman

Trueman engages the question of “What is man?” and demonstrates how contemporary definitions of mankind result in the dehumanizing of our neighbor.
What Does Baptism Do?
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
05/01/26

What Does Baptism Do?

This is an excerpt from the third chapter of By Water and the Word: God’s Gift of Baptism for You by Brian Thomas (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 52-60.
The Tree That Sweetens Every Sorrow
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/30/26

The Tree That Sweetens Every Sorrow

Even when the bitter places sink down deep into our bones, the Restorer never relinquishes his grip on you.

All Articles

Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/09/22

Going Back to Square One

We bring nothing with us that contributes to the preaching or the hearing of God’s promise to us.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
08/04/22

Christ’s Comfort in Our Crisis

Our comfort in this seemingly endless age of crisis after crisis is the inexhaustible hope of Jesus’s reversal.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/02/22

The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
08/01/22

Faith, Hope, and Love

Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
07/19/22

Miniature Death

The spirit indeed is willing and desires bodily death as a gentle sleep. It does not consider it to be death; it knows no such thing as death.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
07/18/22

A Cloudy Day in the Kingdom

With Christ as the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, the future is secure already. It’s solid right now, even when the cords seem to be fraying.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/13/22

An Impossible Standard...Attained!

In Jesus, the most totalizing summary of the law becomes the gospel of the one made perfect through obedience.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
07/12/22

Marx, Prayer, and Humanity

In the place of God, Marx sets the material, autonomous, self-creating man.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
07/07/22

The Law Cannot Enter The Promised Land

Moses is no Jesus but he, like us, is saved by Him. The law cannot enter the promised land, and yet the true and greater promised land is occupied by nothing but lawbreakers.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
07/06/22

Rainstorms and Reformations

Through Martin Luther, God would unleash a far greater storm than the one which overwhelmed Luther on July 2, 1505.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
07/05/22

In Praise of Gifts

With every bone in our bodies, we declare war on grace. We declare war on the gift.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
06/30/22

Mercy Makes Mercy

Christian mercy should not seek its own. It must be round, and open its eyes and look at all alike, friend and foe, as our heavenly Father does.
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