Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

By Kelsi Klembara

10/30/26

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Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.

Mark Duerr

10/29/26

Messengers, Angels, and Apostles

While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

Bradley Gray

10/28/26

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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John Bombaro

01/04/21

God's Unmasked Face

The church does well to remind the world that God is unmasked, indeed, that God has unmasked himself in the person of Jesus.

Sam Leanza Ortiz

12/14/20

Surviving the Dark Night: St John of the Cross

St John of the Cross' feast day on December 14 commemorates the day of his death in 1591, at the height of the Catholic renewal movement that followed the Reformation.

Dominick Santore

12/08/20

The Gospel and the Tramp

It wasn’t a perfect image, but it was still there, even in its cartoonish movie magic distortion. It was an element of the Gospel right there in front of me.

Kyle G. Jones

11/25/20

The Comfort of Luther's Daily Prayers in 2020

In a year in which every day seems to blur together, Luther's orders of daily prayer help order our daily lives.

Donavon Riley

11/24/20

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

Trusting Jesus, worshipping our Christ, and praising him, we have the blessing of God so that we can give thanks with a grateful heart for everything he gives to us today and always.

Andrew Foss

11/23/20

You Are Forgiven

Where there’s more sin, there’s more grace! Are you comfortable with that? That the greater the sin, the greater the grace? Could it be that easy?

Grant Klembara

11/16/20

A Poet's Conversation with Love

Love continues to gently but endlessly pursue the narrator, despite his persistence in pulling away in the opposite direction.

Mark Mattes

11/12/20

Rethinking Social Justice

The following is an adaptation from "Law and Gospel in Action" written by Mark Mattes (1517 Publishing, 2019).

Sarah Crowder

11/09/20

Firstborn Sons: Our Family History and Our New Identity

When we genuinely measure ourselves, we will find ourselves dreadfully lacking.

Donavon Riley

11/03/20

In Christ, We Are Free to Vote, Work, and Worship

This new life is marked not by fear of death but hope in eternal life.

Kyle G. Jones

11/02/20

Theses on How Christians in America Can Relate to Government

We subject ourselves to the governing authorities for the sake of our neighbor, that they might be protected from our sinful nature that seeks our advantage over theirs (and vice versa)

Chad Bird

11/01/20

God’s Not Worried About the Election

Cast your vote with an air of bold and defiant levity. Don’t take yourself, or this election, so seriously. No string of unfortunate events can stop Christ's beating heart of mercy. No politician can un-Easter our Lord.

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