1. The only way to change the current state of worship songwriting and production is to create something different.
  2. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  3. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  4. Many people have struggled to understand Leviticus and Old Testament worship in general. Here is a handbook or map to navigate these subjects, and to see their relationship to Christ and his saving work.
  5. This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  6. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  7. This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Common Places in Christian Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly,” edited by Mark Mattes (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  8. Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.
  9. The earliest followers of God sang their faith, which is no different today as we sing of the hope we have in Jesus.
  10. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  11. Psalm 98, with its promise of a sea and mountains singing, takes these imposing natural features and turns them into a praise choir.