The Look and Feel of Vocation from the Outside
By Scott Keith
04/24/26
20mins

The Look and Feel of Vocation from the Outside

This is an excerpt from the first chapter of Being Family by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 1-6.
Prophecy, Promises, and the Freedom of
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
04/23/26

Prophecy, Promises, and the Freedom of "I Don’t Know"

God has told us everything necessary for faith. However he has not told us everything there is to know.
The Backwards Mercy of Jesus’s Baptism
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/22/26

The Backwards Mercy of Jesus’s Baptism

Jesus didn’t enter the water because he was sinful; he entered the water because John was sinful, as are we all.

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Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
08/31/18

Theses: 11-12 Shameless

This is the sixth installment in our special series on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 11 and 12 by Caleb Keith.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/27/18

Theses 9-10: The Dead, the Deadly and the Righteous

This is the fifth installment in our special series on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 9 and 10 by Caleb Keith.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
08/24/18

Every Preacher, A Translator

Prechers translate as a calling. Called by God, they are given a message, and for most of their hearers it is to one degree or another a message in a language from afar, with strange concepts, sometimes with a more familiar ring, sometimes with a strange sound.
Larry D. Hughes
Larry D. Hughes
08/24/18

Theses 7-8: Let Your Works Be Damnable

This is the fourth installment in our special series on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 5 and 6 by Caleb Keith.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
08/17/18

Theses 5-6: The Deadly Sin in All of Us

This is the third installment in our special series on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 5 and 6 by Caleb Keith.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
08/15/18

A Look at True Proclamation of the Gospel

The Confessions instead look forward and provide a critique of the world and of all my various religions and idolatries.
Dan van Voorhis
Dan van Voorhis
08/10/18

Theses 3 & 4: The Inverted Way of Jesus

This is the second installment in our special series on Luther’s, Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 3 and 4 done by Caleb Keith.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/07/18

Justified Apart from Our Free Will

God preaches a concrete word to us in the present tense. We hear the Good News that Jesus is God’s mercy for us.
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
08/03/18

Theses 1 & 2: The Truth that the Law is Good

Each week, we will reflect on a few of the theses leading up to this year’s Here We Still Stand Conference in October. Each post will also include a new translation completed by Caleb Keith.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
07/20/18

Confessionalism and Why It’s Important

Where once we confessed reliance only in ourselves and our own power, now we confess reliance on Christ alone. So, for our relationship before God, our confession of faith matters.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
07/17/18

Why We Should Question Christianity

I have a confession: I don’t believe the Bible is true because it says it’s true.
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
07/06/18

Put it to a Vote: The Importance of the First Council of Nicea

The question at hand was quite short, “Who is Jesus Christ?
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