This is an excerpt from the introduction of Stretched: A Study for Lent and the Entire Christian Life by Christopher Richmann (1517 Publishing, 2026).
We can bring our troubles, griefs, sorrows, and sins to Jesus, who meets us smack dab in the middle of our messy mob.
Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.

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Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
Increasingly, to forgive is seen as winking at evil, as shrugging one’s moral shoulders, and as being complicit.
Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
God is consistently rooting us in reality—both what is seen and unseen—because that is where he is.
Our challenge today is to inspire trust and curiosity so this generation will openly ask the question, who speaks the words of truth?
You will not be disappointed in this Champion of the Incarnation.
Ethics begins not with our doing, but with the Triune God’s giving.
Armed with great analogies, airtight logic, and razor sharp wit, Lewis keeps you spellbound from one chapter to another as you find yourself going “further up and further in.”
False holiness is always a possession and achievement of the individual in isolation from the good of others. And so it isn’t holiness at all.
In honor of this anniversary celebration, here are five fun facts about The Lord of the Rings that I hope you will enjoy.