1. An Excerpt from Common Places in Christian Theology

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    03/21/23
    17 mins
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    By Mark Mattes
    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).
    An Excerpt from Common Places in Christian Theology

  2. Bad Numbers Can't Change the Good News

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    02/24/23
    13 mins
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    By David Clay
    Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.
    Bad Numbers Can't Change the Good News

  3. Very Superstitious: A History of the Sign of the Cross

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    01/13/23
    24 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    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.
    Very Superstitious: A History of the Sign of the Cross

  4. Finding the Catholic Luther: A Review of Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith by Todd Hains

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    12/14/22
    12 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.
    Finding the Catholic Luther: A Review of Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith by Todd Hains

  5. Church Fathers on Christmas: Athanasius

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    12/12/22
    16 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    In whatever direction the bias of men might be, from thence he might recall them, and teach them of his own true Father, as he himself says: I came to save and to find that which was lost.
    Church Fathers on Christmas: Athanasius

  6. Advent Anticipation Through the Ages

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    11/30/22
    10 mins
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    By Craig Donofrio
    When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
    Advent Anticipation Through the Ages

  7. Dead Sea Scrolls at 75

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    09/28/22
    7 mins
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    By Pete Lange
    For as you pick up the Holy Bible, God’s Word to you and for you in Christ, the words of the prophet Isaiah echo in your ears, "The Word of the Lord Endures Forever."
    Dead Sea Scrolls at 75

  8. Sermon on Luke 11:24–26

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    08/25/22
    8 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
    Sermon on Luke 11:24–26

  9. A True Fish Story

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    08/24/22
    15 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The Ichthus is a confession in picture form, a visual sermon of the gospel of Christ crucified.
    A True Fish Story

  10. Church Fathers: Gregory the Great, Pastoral Pope

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    07/29/22
    14 mins
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    By Sam Leanza Ortiz
    Gregory is a bridge between the patristic age and the medieval.
    Church Fathers: Gregory the Great, Pastoral Pope

  11. Church Fathers: Cyril of Alexandria, Saint and Sinner

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    07/28/22
    10 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Cyril’s fervor for pure explication of the gospel was present throughout his career.
    Church Fathers: Cyril of Alexandria, Saint and Sinner

  12. Church Fathers: Augustine, The Doctor of the Church

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    07/27/22
    23 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    We cannot overstate that no person outside the Bible has been as influential to Christian theology as Augustine.
    Church Fathers: Augustine, The Doctor of the Church
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