By Donavon Riley

01/21/26

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Why Christian Tradition? Why Confession

Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

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Mark Mattes

01/20/26

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.

Bradley Gray

01/19/26

Behold the Lamb

The Passover wasn’t just Israel’s story; it’s ours.

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Bror Erickson

09/04/21

Life as a Cigarette

The grass withered for them too, but they held on to God’s Word. They knew that was eternal, so they lived in it. They lived in his forgiveness.

Sarah Crowder

09/02/21

Eve: A Most Holy Woman, Full of Faith and Love

Today, we begin a short series profiling women in the Bible (Who are not named Ruth or Esther). Both the stories of Ruth and Esther are beautiful, gracious, and profound. We love reading and rereading them. However, in an attempt to bring attention to more stories of more women throughout the Scriptures, we choose now to shift our focus. Our first woman, is, the first woman herself: Eve.

Steven A. Hein

08/31/21

A Q&A for the Second Edition of "The Christian Life: Cross or Glory?

The Second Edition of “The Christian Life: Cross or Glory?” by Steven Hein is now available from 1517 Publishing.

David Schmitt

08/28/21

Gospel: Mark 7:(24-30) 31-37 (Pentecost 15: Series B)

Jesus does not remain at a distance from our suffering. He fully enters it and bears its burden.

Grant Klembara

08/27/21

Did I Blow My Chance with God?

For all mankind, the answer is terrifically simple and remains the same: God wants to turn us towards the cross and then turn us back to our neighbors.

Steven A. Hein

08/25/21

The Two-Faced God

Although God is always closer to us than the nose on our face, he has not taken the wraps off and given any sinful and mortal human being a full-measure, face-to-face meeting.

Roland Ehlke

08/24/21

An Overview on the Content and Importance of Augustine's City of God

In writing City of God, Augustine sought to demonstrate that the events of 410 were but a glimpse of all history.

Bradley Gray

08/23/21

The Mountainous Gospel of God

Calvary is our mountain of pardon. It is the place which reveals most definitively God’s plan to redeem and reconcile sinners to himself.

Peter Nafzger

08/21/21

Gospel: Mark 7:14-23 (Pentecost 14: Series B )

Our enemy is both external AND internal. Outside of us AND inside of us. It is the old evil foe who prowls around us AND the old Adam who wreaks havoc inside each of us.

Donavon Riley

08/21/21

Luther versus Erasmus: Bound to be Free (Part 4)

When explaining that sinners were saved by grace alone Erasmus would not go so far as to say that the reception of God’s grace erased human responsibility.

Sam Leanza Ortiz

08/20/21

Bernard of Clairvaux: Theologian of Love

This spiritual giant of the Middle Ages is worth considering on this anniversary of his death.

Kelsi Klembara

08/19/21

Can Body Positivity Overcome Our Bodies of Death?

As the body positivity movement has gained traction, we must also be aware of some of its pitfalls

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