Only Christ, Not OnlyFans
By Donavon Riley
07/08/25
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Only Christ, Not OnlyFans

We don’t flinch at sin. We speak Christ into it.
What Makes a Saint: A Saint is a Sinner
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
07/07/25

What Makes a Saint: A Saint is a Sinner

One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.
Freedom Beyond Strength and Wisdom
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
07/04/25

Freedom Beyond Strength and Wisdom

Wisdom and strength require bootstrap-pulling and the placing of noses to grindstones.

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Sam Leanza Ortiz
Sam Leanza Ortiz
10/22/21

Persecution and Unity: The Edict of Fontainebleau

Throughout the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Lutherans would work together on the mission field, at home, and abroad.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/20/21

The True and Better Naboth

When we — sinful, reprehensible we — become the enforcers of justice, we never bring about true justice. We either go too far or not far enough.
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
10/13/21

Running from Rest

Christ has taken our failures and defeats and exchanges that yoke for his own.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
10/12/21

A Q&A for How Melanchthon Helped Discover the Gospel

This is a Q&A for 1517 Publishing’s newest release, “How Melanchthon Helped Luther Discover the Gospel,” by Lowell C. Green. This release also marks the launch of our new Melanchthon Library.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
10/11/21

Luther at Augsburg

Even if not a turning point, 1518 is a point of no return for Luther.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/09/21

The Mystery of Faith

The Son of God is still God the Son in the Incarnation.
1517 Publishing
1517 Publishing
10/08/21

"Faith" in the Mature Luther

The way to salvation does not consist in works invented by men, but that which leads to God is believing and trusting in Him.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
09/30/21

Mary: When Gabriel was Frightened by Mary

Grace does not emancipate us from any requirement of obedience. Rather, grace allows Jesus to be obedient on our behalf that the righteous demands of the law can be fulfilled.
1517 Publishing
1517 Publishing
09/24/21

In Search for the Meaning of Grace

Except for the Augsburg Confession, Melanchthon’s Loci communes of 1521 were the most important of his writings.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/22/21

Luther versus Erasmus: Bound to Be Free (Part 6)

For Luther, Erasmus’ Christ-less, Spirit-less theological conclusions demonstrated that behind his supposed humanistic optimism lay a profound despair and pessimism.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
09/18/21

Epistle: James 5:(1-12) 13-20 (Pentecost 18: Series B )

James makes it sound like prayer is actually effective, that God listens, God answers in line with our requests. Does James realize the questions he is raising?
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/18/21

Luther versus Erasmus: Bound to Be Free (Part 5)

For Erasmus, it would be better for people in general to bear the disease of moralism and choice than to be cured of it by the preaching and teaching of God’s unconditional election of sinners in Christ.
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