Psalm 14 (Part 1): The Fool Speaks!
By Steven Paulson
07/21/26
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Psalm 14 (Part 1): The Fool Speaks!

The certainty of faith is utter assurance because it depends upon nothing of your own. It is entirely trusting that God is a propitious, pardoning God—the God who justifies sinners by forgiving them.
Psalm 14 (Part 2): Christ Captivates Captivity!
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
07/23/26

Psalm 14 (Part 2): Christ Captivates Captivity!

Sinners get faith as a gift when Christ takes their captivity captive.
Luther, the Turks, and Islam
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
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Luther, the Turks, and Islam

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
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Grace and Peace for Stubborn Sins

Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
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How Awesome Are Your Deeds!

God's power and works are awesome and cannot be stifled. His grace and mercy will be heard above the growls and howls of those who deny Christ Jesus is God and Savior
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
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Our Weekly Epiphany: Boring?

Here, robed in Word and Sacrament, is your King, infant though He be, come out of eternity into time to bring you out of time and into eternity.
Travis Scholl
Travis Scholl
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Epistle: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a (Epiphany 3: Series C)

The gift is God’s and not ours, and the fact that any of us have any role to play at all in the Body of Christ is an amazing grace.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
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Old Testament: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 (Epiphany 3: Series C)

Thus, the people weep and mourn, but they are told to cease with their mourning and rejoice and celebrate as a festival without worry or care, for the day is holy to the LORD who is their refuge and strength.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
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Gospel: Luke 4:16-30 (Epiphany 3: Series C)

During this season of Epiphany, we experience more than the revelation of who Jesus is. We also celebrate how Jesus makes God fully known.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
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The Words That Fill the Halls of Our Churches

I write this as someone who’s genuinely concerned that American congregants are getting bamboozled by preachers who are giving them less than what they need Sunday after Sunday.
Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove
Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove
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Death and Rebirth in James McBride's Deacon King Kong

At its heart, this is what Deacon King Kong is all about: the paradox of Jesus carving his victory out of the last thing we expect, not our triumphs but our defeats.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
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Our Top Books for 2021

Below is a compilation of some of our contributors and editors favorite theology books published in 2021. We hope these can be a resource for each of you as we begin 2022!
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
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Old Testament: Isaiah 62:1-5 (Epiphany 2: Series C)

God created mankind to be His bride and now, in Christ Jesus, the Church of God is the bride of Christ.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
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Gospel: John 2:1-11 (Epiphany 2: Series C)

Jesus turning water into wine calls for you to believe: To believe in Him.
Travis Scholl
Travis Scholl
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Epistle: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (Epiphany 2: Series C)

The most counter-cultural action any Christian church could take right now would be to foster healthy and constructive conversations among its members and neighbors across their variety of opinions and perspectives.
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