AI Can't Save You
By Erick Sorensen
06/17/26
9mins

AI Can't Save You

Your God is not artificially intelligent, but the source of all intelligence (including yours).
No One Builds Alone: Why the Future of Lutheranism Must Be Built Together
Russ Lackey
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Mark Mattes
Mark Mattes
06/15/26

No One Builds Alone: Why the Future of Lutheranism Must Be Built Together

The church is not renewed when one pastor tries to do the work of the whole body. The church is renewed when Christ’s body begins to act like a body again.
Learning God's Grand Story through the Chronicles of Narnia
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
06/13/26

Learning God's Grand Story through the Chronicles of Narnia

This is what Christian catechesis does; it turns the knobs of the Scriptures and throws the doors of God’s word wide open to tell us the story of salvation.

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Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
11/01/18

A Day For All Sinners and Saints

It’s been my experience that All Saints’ Day, celebrated on November 1st and observed on the first Sunday following, gets overshadowed by the celebration of Reformation Day.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
10/31/18

Revelation 2-3 | Seven Letters to Seven Churches | 012

My email was once hacked and read, then used to send emails to contacts in my address book.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
10/31/18

Reformation Day: 501 Years Later

While 500 years is certainly something to be celebrated, to always focus on the anniversary number could run the risk of forgetting the true meaning behind the reason we remember the Reformation as an important period in the history of the Christian church.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
10/23/18

Self-Esteem?

What do you think of when you hear the term “self-esteem”?
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
10/22/18

The Good News of Suffering

The biblical response to suffering, to recognizing that things are not as they ought to be, is lament.
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
10/19/18

An Introduction to Luther's Theology of the Cross

The following is an excerpt from the introduction to Theology of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation written by Steve Paulson and edited by Kelsi Klembara and Caleb Keith (1517 Publishing, 2018).
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
10/17/18

Revelation 1:10-20 | What Kind of God Is This? Part 3 | 011

Finally, we draw near the end of this three-part article on Revelation 1:10-20.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
10/12/18

Theses 27-28: Love for the Unlovable

But these good works aren’t done under compulsion. They’re done freely. They aren’t done so that God will love us. They’re done because He loves us.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
10/11/18

What If and What Is

For all its stewing, regret ironically does not truly focus on the past. Often it is more concerned with the present and the future and how they would be if only we had done something differently.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
10/10/18

Revelation 1:10-20 | What Kind of God Is This? Part 2 | 010

The white hair of Jesus’ head teaches us that the Gospel is an ancient mystery.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/10/18

Freed From the Law to be For the Law

Gospel questions don’t get a Law answer. Religious questions beg for Law answers.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
10/08/18

The Law, Between Fear and Freedom

What we notice less often is that this same fear wonders about both the efficacy of the Gospel and the Law.
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