Yardwork and the Antichrist
By 1517 Guest Contributor
09/26/25
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Yardwork and the Antichrist

The Antichrist offers another continual presence. It is every whisper that tempts us toward autonomy, that tells us to carry it alone, that insists suffering is meaningless.
God's Sufficiency in the Face of Our Inadequacy
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
09/25/25

God's Sufficiency in the Face of Our Inadequacy

He is the God who always is, whose Word is true, and never fails. He is a God who acts and always does what he says he’s going to do.
Election for the Rest of Us
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
09/24/25

Election for the Rest of Us

Election is not a riddle to solve. It’s a pillow to rest your head on at night.

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Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
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Rescuing religion from culture: Friedrich E.D. Schleiermacher and the origins of Liberal Theology

If you want to boil Schleiermacher down to some foundation upon which to build up his theology, think feelings.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
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A Thanksgiving Day Sermon

The following is an excerpt from “A Year of Grace Volume 2” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2019).
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
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How Do You Know They Are "the One"? Part 2 of 2

“I forgive you,” must be said and it must be said often in a marriage.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
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Preaching Hope: Theological Reflections on the Last Sundays of the Church Year

It is in the midst of a world marked by empty and deceptive hopes that have broken hearts and lives that we are sent to deliver the promise of a future that has as its last chapter the resurrection of the body to eternal life with the Lamb who was slain but is alive forevermore.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
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I Found Jesus in the Copier Toner

As I sat there in the dark, empty church with my hands buried in the guts of a copy machine I was powerless to fix, I couldn't help feeling sorry for myself.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
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Reformation Day: Hey Beggar, You're Free!

When we hear freedom, we have to ask about its opposite, bondage.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
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Halloween and Christian Freedom

We have the freedom to joyfully participate in neighborhood fun with the love of our neighbor in mind.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
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On Freedom in Christ and the Parable of the Forgiving Father

Like the younger son, we can return to our Father every time our sinful hearts rebel against him. Like the older brother, we can complain and lament to our Father without fear of being destroyed.
Chad Bird
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Meeting God in the Delivery Room

Our very lives as parents and children implicitly proclaim this higher and lovely truth: we have no value to God based upon our usefulness.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
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Grace Abounding

The law does not end sin, does not make new beings, it only makes matters worse.
Scott Keith
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Q&A for "Where Two or Three Are Gathered"

Friends are a gift from God, but all gifts flow from God to his children because of his love for us on account of Christ.
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