By Donavon Riley

01/21/26

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Why Christian Tradition? Why Confession

Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

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Mark Mattes

01/20/26

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.

Bradley Gray

01/19/26

Behold the Lamb

The Passover wasn’t just Israel’s story; it’s ours.

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Sarah Crowder

07/17/20

Facial Hair, the Gospel, and God's Word for You

A change during a time of crisis is nothing new; it's an experience we can see throughout history.

Donavon Riley

07/17/20

Is The American Church Spiritually Sick?

In our attempts to conform the Gospel of Jesus Christ to material, therapeutic, and mystical standards of religion and spirituality we've arrested, inhibited, distorted, and handicapped God's Word and gifts of salvation.

Ken Sundet Jones

07/16/20

Unimagined Freedom and Forgiveness in Hamilton

In the quiet of your own uptown, where your own sins bear down on you and create a troubled conscience before the world, before others, and before God, your Lord reaches across the chasm of brokenness to take your hand.

1517 Staff

07/14/20

A Q&A with Scott Ashmon on "Who Am I? Exploring Your Identity through Your Vocations"

“Who Am I?” edited by Scott Ashmon (1517 Publishing, 2020) is now available for purchase.

Robert Kolb

07/12/20

Preaching to Those Called to be Consumers

Twenty-first century North American believers face challenges unique in the history of God’s people, for we have an abundance of the material gifts of God unparalleled in human history.

Kyle G. Jones

07/10/20

United in the Father by the Son

God not only unites us to himself by the death and resurrection of his Son; he unites us, the church, together and to himself under Christ as his children.

Donavon Riley

07/09/20

Is Christianity a Civil Religion?

We must not submit ourselves to false gods and godless men. Instead, we may hold fast to Christ, because He’s holding fast to us.

Pete Lange

07/06/20

The Secrets Are In The Dirt

The disciplines of history and archaeology have assisted in demonstrating the integrity and accuracy of the Bible.

Zack James Cole

07/03/20

Declaration of Dependence

The gospel of Jesus Christ is also a declaration. It is a declaration of something that has already happened, “that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day."

Adam Francisco

07/03/20

Citizenship in the Christian Tradition

The following is an excerpt from Adam Fransisco’s chapter in “Who Am I?” edited by Scott Ashmon (1517 Publishing, 2020).

Ken Sundet Jones

06/26/20

Wellspring of the Joy of Living

The following is an excerpt from Ken Sundet Jones’ chapter in “Who Am I?” written by Scott Ashmon (1517 Publishing, 2020).

Martin Luther

06/23/20

Why Do We Rejoice?

Only through Christ and his work are our sins forgiven, and our consciences set free and made glad.

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