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Jason Lane
Jason Lane
12/19/21

Epistle: Colossians 3:12-17 (Christmas 1: Series C)

The text is not a legalistic set of principles. It is a description of the way things are for us, now that Christ has entered in.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
03/05/21

An Excerpt from 'In Defense of Christian Ritual'

This is an excerpt from In Defense of Christian Ritual written by David Andersen (1517 Publishing, 2021). Available for purchase this Tuesday!
Jason Lang
Jason Lang
12/11/20

Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Praying this prayer every day reveals this painful truth, I am guilty in need of forgiveness every day.
Dan van Voorhis
Dan van Voorhis
06/19/19

Blaise Pascal: Theologian of the Head and the Heart

Perhaps best known for his “wager,” Pascal is often associated with this curious argument for the existence of God and eternal blessedness.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
03/29/19

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit

Only in this manner could the good that the law pointed to be completed. It was completed in us, not by us.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/27/18

The Reformation, Cancerous Tumors, and a 7th c. Prophet

What do Habakkuk and Israel have? Nothing but the word of God. Nothing but the promise of God. Nothing but God himself. They have the vision that Yahweh gives, the words of hope he utters. And that, amazingly, is enough.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
02/28/18

Sanctified By Faith

As sinful humans, we are adept at taking what God gives as gift and making it into a work. Nowhere is this made more evident than in the universally misunderstood doctrine of sanctification.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/03/17

When Love Repents Us

The following excerpt comes from Chapter 7, “When Love Repents Us,” in Chad Bird’s new book, Night Driving: Notes from a Prodigal Soul.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
10/10/16

Please, Sing to Me!

I once heard an old, retired Lutheran professor give in interview on a podcast. He was asked by the interviewer why people should bother going to church if they could just be saved through a personal relationship with Jesus?
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/19/16

What's Wrong with the World—in Two Words

The Christian faith makes a bold claim: We are the world's problem, but we are not the world's solution.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/05/15

An Unmighty Fortress

Left to ourselves, we are like Adam and Eve; we sew together fig leaves of self-righteousness and hunker down behind trees of flimsy excuses to hide in vain from a judgment we deserve.
07/01/14

Christianity as Philosophy? (Part 2)

To determine whether the conception of Christianity as philosophy might actually be warranted, attention must be given to the actual natures of philosophy and religion, especially as then understood.
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