The Deliverer Who Doesn't Run Away
By Bradley Gray
09/12/25
23mins

The Deliverer Who Doesn't Run Away

Nothing good happens when you get ahead of God and take matters into your own hands.
When Evil Roars, Christ Still Reigns
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
09/11/25

When Evil Roars, Christ Still Reigns

To confess Christ crucified and risen as the only hope in a world that has lost its mind to wickedness and rage.
An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 86
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/10/25

An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 86

The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s upcoming book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 191-192.

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
01/01/21

Our Sufficiency is From God

Any good work we perform among you; any doctrine we write upon your heart – that is God’s own work.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
12/20/20

It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas: Revisiting Martin Luther’s Christmas Book

Luther’s Christmas sermons remind us that unless Christ is proclaimed FOR YOU, He is not preached.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/16/20

An Advent Ransom Note

Advent is not a call to prepare to engage in a transaction with God.
Sam Leanza Ortiz
Sam Leanza Ortiz
12/14/20

Surviving the Dark Night: St John of the Cross

St John of the Cross' feast day on December 14 commemorates the day of his death in 1591, at the height of the Catholic renewal movement that followed the Reformation.
Tate Barber
Tate Barber
12/10/20

Shirt-Pulling Forgiveness

Christ urges us to love our neighbor as He loved us, forgiving all of their sins - giving them the absolving, shirt-pulling, embrace that we would also want.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
12/08/20

The Gospel and the Tramp

It wasn’t a perfect image, but it was still there, even in its cartoonish movie magic distortion. It was an element of the Gospel right there in front of me.
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
12/03/20

The Confession of a Prodigal

Jesus does not seek out Peter to condemn, but to restore his precious lost sheep, His dearly loved prodigal son.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
11/25/20

The Comfort of Luther's Daily Prayers in 2020

In a year in which every day seems to blur together, Luther's orders of daily prayer help order our daily lives.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
11/25/20

Creedal Thanksgiving

Because everything we possess, and everything in heaven and on earth besides, is daily given, sustained, and protected by God, it inevitably follows that we are in duty bound to love, praise, and thank him without ceasing
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/24/20

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

Trusting Jesus, worshipping our Christ, and praising him, we have the blessing of God so that we can give thanks with a grateful heart for everything he gives to us today and always.
Sarah Crowder
Sarah Crowder
11/23/20

Filled with Thankfulness for the Word of God

Like Luther and like Hannah, we also receive God’s promise.
Andrew Foss
Andrew Foss
11/23/20

You Are Forgiven

Where there’s more sin, there’s more grace! Are you comfortable with that? That the greater the sin, the greater the grace? Could it be that easy?
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