1. C.S. Lewis and the Four Loves

    book
    02/06/23
    23 mins
    read
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
    C.S. Lewis and the Four Loves

  2. I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

    book
    01/27/23
    20 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
    I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

  3. Jesus is Better

    book
    01/05/23
    29 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
    Jesus is Better

  4. Christmas in Psalm 2: Futility is Funny

    book
    12/20/22
    18 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
    Christmas in Psalm 2: Futility is Funny

  5. Church Fathers on Christmas: John Chrysostom

    book
    11/28/22
    10 mins
    read
    By 1517 Staff
    For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
    Church Fathers on Christmas: John Chrysostom

  6. Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

    book
    11/12/22
    32 mins
    read
    By John T. Pless
    That is the task of preaching in these last weeks of the Church Year, to enable the people given to our care, to praise God from the perspective of the end when our Lord will return in glory bringing us into His Kingdom of glory.
    Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

  7. Vitality in Pastoral Formation

    book
    11/11/22
    20 mins
    read
    By Joshua Miller
    Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
    Vitality in Pastoral Formation

  8. Virgins in Hell

    book
    11/03/22
    11 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
    Virgins in Hell

  9. The Book that Brings Deliverance

    book
    10/24/22
    24 mins
    read
    By Bradley Gray
    Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
    The Book that Brings Deliverance

  10. A Very Brief Introduction to Logos Theology

    book
    10/13/22
    22 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
    A Very Brief Introduction to Logos Theology

  11. 1 John 4:7-14: Love, self-hate, and the search for God

    book
    10/07/22
    19 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
    1 John 4:7-14: Love, self-hate, and the search for God

  12. How God Uses Art to Preach His Word

    book
    10/06/22
    15 mins
    read
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    In the Reformation, as in the tabernacle, God gave skill, artistry, and craftsmanship to put his Word in images so that through art, his Word would be revealed.
    How God Uses Art to Preach His Word
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