Is Faith Enough?
By Heather Schulz
01/22/26
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Is Faith Enough?

We can bring our troubles, griefs, sorrows, and sins to Jesus, who meets us smack dab in the middle of our messy mob.
Why Christian Tradition? Why Confession
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/21/26

Why Christian Tradition? Why Confession

Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.
When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not
Russ Lackey
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Mark Mattes
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.

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Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
07/26/20

Back to the New Normal

New normals are always sneaking up on us. Preachers ignore them to their peril and the peril of our hearers.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/24/20

Who's Got the Power?

The power of God's Word is nothing like human power. People exercise power through force and violence. God's Word manifests His power through humility, service, and self-sacrifice.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
07/23/20

Gods of the Garden

There is no comfort in naked sovereignty. A bully may be said to be “sovereign” over the elementary school playground, but that doesn’t bring much comfort nor does it promise security. We need something more than a God who is in control.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
07/23/20

Luther and the Leipzig Debate

Both Hus and Luther arrived at the same conclusion: neither councils nor the pope had final authority in the church. Headship in the church belongs solely to Christ.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
07/22/20

Worldly Lies Speak Against God's Truth

Apart from God's word, we will judge the right to be wrong and evil people as good.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
07/20/20

Moses For The Old Man

Christ presents to us such liberty, so that we as Christians according to our faith may tolerate no other master, but only hold that we are baptized and called unto Christ, and through him have become justified and sanctified.
Sarah Crowder
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.
1517 Staff
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.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
07/13/20

What the Radical Reformation Can Teach Us About Assurance

By basing our assurance on the promises of God, which we not only hope for in the future but live in now, the Christian can finally rest in the comfort that they are both saved and not responsible for their own salvation.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
07/13/20

When God Lets You Down After You Tried So Hard

There is often no way forward for us without the prophetic lament, because such laments force out our honesty and resentment at the God who does not treat us as we expect to be treated.
Robert Kolb
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
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.
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