1. Church Fathers: Origen, the Humble Teacher

    book
    07/26/22
    11 mins
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    By Dan van Voorhis
    Origen is wrong about stuff, but he had the foresight to say that if he was wrong, he was open to correction.
    Church Fathers: Origen, the Humble Teacher

  2. Church Fathers: St. Irenaeus of Lyon, Champion of the Incarnation

    book
    07/25/22
    19 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    You will not be disappointed in this Champion of the Incarnation.
    Church Fathers: St. Irenaeus of Lyon, Champion of the Incarnation

  3. Calling, Politics, and the City of God

    book
    07/22/22
    10 mins
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    By David Clay
    Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.
    Calling, Politics, and the City of God

  4. Word and Water: A Baptism Conversation with FLAME

    book
    06/20/22
    16 mins
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    By Sarah Crowder
    FLAME uses Scripture and church history to argue that baptism is a gospel gift, not our work.
    Word and Water: A Baptism Conversation with FLAME

  5. A Q&A for "A Shepherd's Letter"

    book
    04/19/22
    18 mins
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    By 1517 Publishing
    History won’t judge us, Jesus will. We already have his judgment. He gave it to us from the cross, where he acquitted us with his death.
    A Q&A for

  6. The Coronation of Edward VI

    book
    03/16/22
    8 mins
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    By Sarah Crowder
    Edward's goal of teaching his people to know the scriptures and to believe that their salvation depended on Christ is also essential for us today.
    The Coronation of Edward VI

  7. 500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 2)

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    03/09/22
    15 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Confession is not another ecclesiastical bludgeon but is instead a gift. There we can tell the truth about ourselves, knowing that Christ has only mercy for us in response.
    500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 2)

  8. 500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 1)

    book
    03/08/22
    11 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Luther had a living Word from God intended to land squarely among sinners.
    500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 1)

  9. Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    book
    02/04/22
    13 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    An immense amount of ink has been spilled contesting and interpreting Bonhoeffer's significance as a figure of Christian history and a theologian of the church.
    Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  10. Thomas Aquinas: The Doctor of the Church

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    01/28/22
    11 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Aquinas would craft a systematic theology that did with the matter of faith what Aristotle had done with the natural world.
    Thomas Aquinas: The Doctor of the Church

  11. The Anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism

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    01/19/22
    9 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    Not only does Scripture command us to maintain purity of doctrine and practice, it also commands us to reconcile with our brother, to seek to end division, and recognize common ground where there is common ground.
    The Anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism

  12. Persecution and Unity: The Edict of Fontainebleau

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    10/22/21
    15 mins
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    By Sam Leanza Ortiz
    Throughout the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Lutherans would work together on the mission field, at home, and abroad.
    Persecution and Unity: The Edict of Fontainebleau
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