Post-Denominational Lutheranism
By John W. Hoyum
03/20/26
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Post-Denominational Lutheranism

One great thing about our post-denominational age is that it has opened up opportunities to make common cause with other Lutherans who, despite their differences and eccentricities, can agree on some of the most important things.
Getting Over your Pride
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
03/19/26

Getting Over your Pride

Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.
Blessed Beggars
Heather Schulz
Heather Schulz
03/18/26

Blessed Beggars

We can willingly admit the fact that we're just like tax collectors and thieves.

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Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
10/23/21

Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Sunday: Series B )

Are we still haunted by God? Do our sins bother us to the point that we worry about God’s righteous wrath? Does the concept of justification, how one can be right in the eyes of God, even cross our minds?
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
10/23/21

Gospel: Mark 12:28-37 (Pentecost 23: Series B )

Grace is God’s caring disposition toward His human creatures. And it is shown fully and purely in the work of Jesus for us.
Sam Leanza Ortiz
Sam Leanza Ortiz
10/22/21

Persecution and Unity: The Edict of Fontainebleau

Throughout the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Lutherans would work together on the mission field, at home, and abroad.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
10/16/21

Epistle: Hebrews 7:23-28 (Pentecost 22: Series B )

Hebrews proclaims you absolutely need a priest and you have one. This priest is Jesus!
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
10/16/21

Gospel: Mark 10:46-52 (Pentecost 22: Series B )

Today, Jesus' road to Jerusalem turns into your congregation. He calls you and your hearers to follow Him all the way home.
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
10/13/21

Running from Rest

Christ has taken our failures and defeats and exchanges that yoke for his own.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
10/12/21

A Q&A for How Melanchthon Helped Discover the Gospel

This is a Q&A for 1517 Publishing’s newest release, “How Melanchthon Helped Luther Discover the Gospel,” by Lowell C. Green. This release also marks the launch of our new Melanchthon Library.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
10/09/21

Gospel: Mark 10:35-45 (Pentecost 21: Series B )

Honor would be shown to the least. Power would be shown by its opposite. The way of glory was marked with humility.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
10/09/21

Epistle: Hebrews 4:1-13 (14-16) (Pentecost 21: Series B )

No work need be done to enter this Sabbath rest, for Christ has done all that is necessary.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
10/07/21

Martha: Herald of the Gospel

Martha’s pain is not met by a to-do list. Jesus’ reply is not that she should try harder or change her behavior
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
10/05/21

The Bible and How to Read It - Part 3: How Do I Understand It?

We must be careful in how we use Bible verses to establish Scriptural truth both to others and to ourselves.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
10/04/21

Imagination: A Handmaid of the Gospel

Our Lord is not only the King of creation but the King of creativity.
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