1. The Trinity Is History

    book
    06/10/22
    16 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    The Trinity is a handy shorthand for all that God has done to justify sinners.
    The Trinity Is History

  2. The End of Ethics

    book
    04/04/22
    9 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    False holiness is always a possession and achievement of the individual in isolation from the good of others. And so it isn’t holiness at all.
    The End of Ethics

  3. Christ’s Incarnation and the Imagination

    book
    12/06/21
    11 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Jesus is both the image bearer and the image giver. In Jesus’ incarnation we are redeemed and re-imaged.
    Christ’s Incarnation and the Imagination

  4. Implications of the Incarnation: Christmas in the Garden of Eden

    book
    11/26/21
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    In Genesis 1-2, the Lord reveals—or, at a bare minimum, starts dropping some big hints—that he will be quite comfortable becoming a human being himself someday.
    Implications of the Incarnation: Christmas in the Garden of Eden

  5. On Demystifying the Church

    book
    11/13/21
    12 mins
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    By Kelsi Klembara
    The church is the only place God promises to lift us out of ourselves not in order to become more like God but so that we may finally be freed from our obsession with becoming little gods.
    On Demystifying the Church

  6. Running from Rest

    book
    10/13/21
    9 mins
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    By Blake Flattley
    Christ has taken our failures and defeats and exchanges that yoke for his own.
    Running from Rest

  7. For God So Loved the Animals

    book
    10/04/21
    13 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Bulls, lions, dogs. Why all these metaphors from the animal kingdom to describe humanity as it encircles the crucified Savior? Because the man on the cross, God incarnate, is there for all creation, not just humanity.
    For God So Loved the Animals

  8. John Locke, Reason, and Revelation

    book
    08/30/21
    10 mins
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    By Roland Ehlke
    Despite his trust in empiricism, throughout his life, Locke never entirely let go of the inspired Scriptures—or perhaps more accurately, the Scriptures never let go of him.
    John Locke, Reason, and Revelation

  9. Virtue for the Sake of Virtue or Your Neighbor?

    book
    04/08/21
    12 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    This is an excerpt from Vocation: The Setting for Human Flourishing written by Michael Berg (1517 Publishing, 2021). Available for purchase this Tuesday!
    Virtue for the Sake of Virtue or Your Neighbor?

  10. God’s Sabbath Sleep: How Christ Filled in the Gap in the Creation Story

    book
    04/03/21
    12 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Tomorrow Jesus will laugh his way out of the tomb, spit in the face of death, and kick the devil in the throat as he dances to the clapping glee of angelic masses. But today he just rests.
    God’s Sabbath Sleep: How Christ Filled in the Gap in the Creation Story

  11. Is Jesus the Only Way? Yes and No

    book
    03/08/21
    13 mins
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    By Mark Mattes
    It’s not the disciples’ faith that invented the resurrection but the resurrection that gave birth to the disciples’ faith.
    Is Jesus the Only Way? Yes and No

  12. The God Who Speaks

    book
    03/03/21
    11 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    God preserves language so he might continue to communicate his love and grace to us, and that we might communicate his love and grace to others.
    The God Who Speaks
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