By Caleb Keith

01/26/26

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Christ is Our Fulfillment

Fulfillment can sound awkward as a title or name, but it is one of the most prominent proclamations concerning Christ found in the New Testament.

Christopher J. Richmann

01/23/26

The Reason for Lent

This is an excerpt from the introduction of Stretched: A Study for Lent and the Entire Christian Life by Christopher Richmann (1517 Publishing, 2026).

Heather Schulz

01/22/26

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.

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Donavon Riley

04/20/21

Possessed by Pardon and Peace

It’s God’s love that sets us free to love in the first place.

Michael Gibney

04/19/21

The Package of Forgiveness

God has a strange delivery system, the foolish preaching of the cross and foolish preachers for Christ’s sake delivering it.

John Bombaro

04/17/21

Good Shepherd Shepherding Well

What kind of shepherd does God provide? The answer, of course, starts and ends with Christ.

Ken Sundet Jones

04/17/21

Another 500th Anniversary: Luther at the Diet of Worms

The result of this day’s proceedings, in Luther’s mind, was likely to be a painful death at the stake.

Donavon Riley

04/16/21

Fed and Nourished

Jesus rejects what we believe is most necessary and instead points us to his pain, suffering, death, and self-sacrifice.

John W. Hoyum

04/15/21

Gerhard Forde: A Recommendation

Forde’s work testifies to the liveliness and vitality of confessional Lutheranism, and its promise for the continuing need to preach Christ crucified in this, and every, age until the Lord’s return.

Steven Paulson

04/02/21

How to Survive Good Friday

You can’t bear your own sins, to say nothing of getting rid of them.

Katie Koplin

03/30/21

Reading Proverbs and Receiving Criticism

I can look at all of my failings and foolishness because I know who Christ is for me. I rest in his wisdom and life not my own.

Luke Kjolhaug

03/29/21

My Bookshelf Is Bigger Than Yours

All of my theological endeavoring will not squeeze one more ounce of grace from God.

Robert Kolb

03/28/21

Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Life of Repentance

Each day gives us occasion to die to our sinful identities of all kinds and to live out a life in Christ’s footsteps as children of God.

Robert Kolb

03/28/21

Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Community

Golgotha is the point where not only Mary and John’s family life assumed a new character, but it is the point of orientation for all human community that uses the cross to straighten out the lives of individuals turned in upon themselves.

Robert Kolb

03/28/21

Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Identity

The cross does not remain on a hill far away. It pursues us into the valleys, the ravines, the crevices in which we get trapped as we wander in search of a fixed point for our lives.

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