Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

By Kelsi Klembara

10/30/26

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Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.

Mark Duerr

10/29/26

Messengers, Angels, and Apostles

While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

Bradley Gray

10/28/26

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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Jeffrey Pulse

05/29/22

Old Testament: Genesis 11:1-9 (Pentecost Sunday: Series C)

At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit is poured out and the language of man is united again for the Gospel to be preached to the ends of the earth.

Justin Rossow

05/29/22

Epistle: Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost Sunday: Series C)

How might your preaching of the work of the Spirit expand your own view of the Spirit’s work, and help your hearers gain an appreciation for the Holy Spirit’s activity in their lives beyond a standalone celebration, one day a year?

Peter Nafzger

05/29/22

Gospel: John 14:23-31 (Pentecost Sunday: Series C)

Pentecost is a flashback. It drives us back to the past. It also propels us forward into the future.

Travis Scholl

05/27/22

Epistle: Revelation 22:1-20 (Easter 7: Series C)

The glimpse of this final vision of healing has healed us before, it heals us here and now, and it will heal us again.

Wade Johnston

05/27/22

What We See in the Cross is Love

If you want something empty, the tomb is the way to go. The point of the manger is that Jesus was in it. The point of the cross is that Jesus was on it.

Scott Keith

05/25/22

Things I Learned From My Friend, Pastor Ron Hodel

1517 would not exist without the leadership, friendship, and faithfulness of Pastor Ron Hodel.

Zack James Cole

05/24/22

The Problem With I

There is someone outside of I, someone outside of you, that our faith and hope is in.

Jeffrey Pulse

05/22/22

New Testament: Acts 1:12-26 (Easter 7: Series C)

Now, in the New Testament, the number for the Church remains twelve as Jesus calls twelve Apostles to be trained by Him to carry out the ministry following His ascension.

David Schmitt

05/22/22

Gospel: John 17:20-26 (Easter 7: Series C)

So, we pray. Not just in times of need, but we pray at all times. Because this is part of what it means to be saved.

Gerhard Forde

05/20/22

A Place that Knows Me

We worry about the fact our days are as grass – so we try to scratch out a place for ourselves, to make a permanent, lasting place, to climb to higher places and succeed, more often than not, only to hurt each other in the process.

Donavon Riley

05/19/22

How God Made Mary a Theologian of the Cross

The point Luther made, again and again, was that distance between God and sinners is collapsed when the crucified Christ himself comes to sinners through a preacher.

Bradley Gray

05/17/22

The Judge and the Judgment

God's Son comes to deal with the infestation of sin, but in an unforeseen twist of grace, he’s the only one who goes under the knife.

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