The Future of Lutheranism Belongs to Builders
By Russ Lackey | Mark Mattes
01/08/26
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The Future of Lutheranism Belongs to Builders

The crisis is not merely that people are leaving. The crisis is that we have relinquished what is uniquely Lutheran and deeply needed.
A Psalm for the Desperate
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
01/07/26

A Psalm for the Desperate

The ethos of the church’s worship is found in poor, needy, and desperate sinners finding solace and relief in the God of their salvation.
Our Best Epiphany Articles
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
01/06/26

Our Best Epiphany Articles

This year, we wanted to ensure you have all the resources you need to learn about and reflect on the revelation of Christ.

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Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
03/09/23

What Nature Reveals About Ourselves and Our Creator

Some explanations are better than others, but they remain our explanations—except if we had some perspective from outside, above, and behind nature.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
02/21/23

An Excerpt from What is Christianity? by Francis Pieper

A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
02/06/23

C.S. Lewis and the Four Loves

Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
01/26/23

Epiphany with the Inklings

The further up and further into the season of Epiphany we get, the bigger the grace of God in Christ is, the brighter the Light of Christ shines, and the more blessed we are in Jesus' epiphany for us.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
01/19/23

True Tolerance

We assert, we herald, the truth about God becoming King of the world in and through Jesus of Nazareth alone. It is our public announcement.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
12/14/22

Finding the Catholic Luther: A Review of Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith by Todd Hains

Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
10/13/22

A Very Brief Introduction to Logos Theology

Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/03/22

Stoicism Is Good, But It Isn't the Gospel

Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
09/30/22

1 John 4:1-6: The Only True Confession

Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
David Clay
David Clay
09/05/22

Forgiveness without God

Increasingly, to forgive is seen as winking at evil, as shrugging one’s moral shoulders, and as being complicit.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
08/25/22

Sermon on Luke 11:24–26

Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
08/12/22

1 John 1:5-10: The Reality of the Light

God is consistently rooting us in reality—both what is seen and unseen—because that is where he is.
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