Inheritors of God's Kingdom, Part 1: Born of Better Blood
By Steve Kruschel
05/27/26
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Inheritors of God's Kingdom, Part 1: Born of Better Blood

The wicked emperor, Andronikos, thought he could manipulate a human prophecy in order to save his kingdom. If only he understood which blood saves!
Declared Clean
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/26/26

Declared Clean

The same words of hope and peace that were entrusted to Israel are available to all, to “everyone who believes” (Acts 10:43).
Can Theologians, Too, Be Saved?
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
05/25/26

Can Theologians, Too, Be Saved?

No one is harder to convert than a religious expert.

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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/10/21

We are Known By God

Our ears are opened by the Spirit through the word. Then, faith in Christ is present in us.
Mark Mattes
Mark Mattes
03/08/21

Is Jesus the Only Way? Yes and No

It’s not the disciples’ faith that invented the resurrection but the resurrection that gave birth to the disciples’ faith.
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!
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
03/03/21

The God Who Speaks

God preserves language so he might continue to communicate his love and grace to us, and that we might communicate his love and grace to others.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
02/25/21

Why God Works Through Words

The “Word” isn’t a thing, it is a person, the Son of the Father, who with the Holy Spirit is one God.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
02/14/21

To Lent or Not to Lent

The season of Lent gives almost unparalleled opportunity for preachers to placard before their auditors the Cross of Christ and beckon Christians to take up their cross and follow Him.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
02/13/21

A Different Kind of Word

Since the law is our mother-tongue, we naturally assume it’s the only language that exists; this ceaseless, damning voice reminding us that we are not all that we should be.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
02/05/21

Mountaintop Words

God is not what we experience him to be, what our emotions narrate him to be, or what our intuition thinks he might be. God is what and who he says he is.
Rick Ritchie
Rick Ritchie
02/04/21

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Spell

Bonhoeffer was in the unenviable position of trying to break a spell. The spell was the Nazi crisis, where the totalitarian state threatened the church, and yet to many, seemed to be saving the culture and nation from mortal dangers.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/02/21

A Christian is Pulled Between Two Extremes

Our anxiety about the future is a consequence of our old self’s attempts to achieve freedom for himself apart from Christ Jesus.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
01/31/21

The Gift of Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours the ability to abandon fixing our eyes only inwardly and lets us see ourselves as others see us.
Grant Klembara
Grant Klembara
01/25/21

Death's End according to Poet John Donne

Out of great pain and suffering often comes goodness, beauty, and truth. John Donne, born on the 22nd of January in 1573, is an excellent example of that for us in his masterful work, Death Be Not Proud.
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