Grace is Not an Excuse
By Luke Kjolhaug
10/16/26
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Grace is Not an Excuse

In Jesus, God acted first, even when we were dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:5).
Jesus Is God: The Old Testament Says So
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/13/26

Jesus Is God: The Old Testament Says So

Yahweh who is pierced and mourned in prophecy is Jesus who is pierced and mourned in fulfillment.
World Mission and Inner Mission
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
10/09/26

World Mission and Inner Mission

There is indeed a responsibility for the church to share the gospel in the world, but never at the expense of the church’s charity and mercy for those neighbors who are nearby.

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John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
03/12/21

Repentance According to the Scriptures: Acts 2:37–39

Repentance means being cut down by the law’s declaration of judgment. It’s not an activity we do to prepare for grace, but a point of despair worked by God himself.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
03/11/21

The Fifth Petition: Forgive Us Our Debts as We Forgive Our Debtors

If we want to see evidence of our Father’s answer to the fifth petition, we need only to look at the cross and the empty tomb.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
03/09/21

Why Lent Offers us a Curious Kind of Joy

There is joy in Lent, but it is the kind of joy that comes in being made whole.
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.
Brad Soenksen
Brad Soenksen
03/05/21

Repentance According to the Scriptures: Luke 13:1-5

Because of my Advocate, there is no judgment or condemnation by God in my suffering.
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!
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
03/02/21

The Demon of Acedia

Apathy, melancholy, and disillusionment plague the footsteps of the up-and-coming generations more than ever, especially in the realm of religion, and it’s worth asking, “Why?”
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
02/26/21

Repentance According to the Scriptures: Mark 1:1-8

Repentance comes on account of suffering, loss, failure, and death. It happens when the promise of forgiveness of sin given in Jesus’ death is proclaimed to us down-and-outers.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/19/21

Repentance According to the Scriptures: 2 Chronicles 7:14

We cannot scan any random passage of Scripture and automatically assume the words are unconditionally addressed to us. Often, very often, they are not.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
02/17/21

Surveying Our Soiled Condition, and the Condition of our Soil

Ash Wednesday, is meant to remind us we have a death problem. All living things made from the soil shall return to it.
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.
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