Freedom Beyond Strength and Wisdom
By Ken Sundet Jones
07/04/25
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Freedom Beyond Strength and Wisdom

Wisdom and strength require bootstrap-pulling and the placing of noses to grindstones.
Free Indeed: The Liberty Only Christ Can Give
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
07/03/25

Free Indeed: The Liberty Only Christ Can Give

“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36).
Faith Remains: From Habbakuk to Luther
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/02/25

Faith Remains: From Habbakuk to Luther

How do the words “The righteous shall live by his faith” go from a context of hope in hopelessness to the cornerstone declaration of the chief doctrine of the Christian faith?

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
03/12/20

Dear Death, What Has Become of Your Spear?

Paul says that the power of sin is the law. The more clearly we understand the law, the more sin oppresses and stings us.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
03/09/20

Gathering up Our Dust During Lent

Ashes and dust do not need the services of spiritual EMTs; we need a Second Adam from whom we regain life itself.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
03/03/20

The Anchor of John 3:16

Christ teaches that we are not lost, but have eternal life. That God has so loved us that he allowed the ransom to cost him his only beloved child.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/03/20

How to Get God to Give Us Everything We Want

The more we demand from Christ, the more of Himself He gives to us. When we demand a glass of grace, He gives us an ocean of Gospel.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
02/28/20

Apologetic Anthropologic

The original sin of Genesis 3 was not gutter-style-sin, but glory-style-sin. It was more of an upward grasp than a downward fall. - Nathan Hoff
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
02/27/20

God Gives Us More Than We Can Handle

What the law is powerless to do, Jesus accomplishes for us. Jesus delivers what the law demands.
RJ Grunewald
RJ Grunewald
02/26/20

No Approaching God Without Christ

For what end does the Law exist? The Law exposes us so that we might find the remedy in the person and work of Jesus.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
02/25/20

The Suicide Prophet

Sometimes we have to strain hard to hear words deeper than our hearts. Words not from inside, but outside. Words from God, not our own self-spun narratives.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/25/20

If God Would Just Choose Someone Else

The end of the pursuit isn't regeneration, but degeneration. We're fighting fire with bottles of gasoline.
Michael Berg
Michael Berg
02/24/20

Jesus' Transfiguration and Our Lenses of Glory

God says, “Cross,” and we say, “Glory!” Sometimes – a lot of times – he knocks the glory glasses off our faces.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
02/18/20

The Pilgrim's Promise

Ultimately the Christian life isn't about progress, it's about promise--the Pilgrim's Promise.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
02/12/20

The Psychology of Crucifixion

The implications were clear: Jesus’ death destroyed the things that distinguished people as educated or uneducated, rich or poor, free or enslaved, black or white, pious or godless.
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