A Review of
By Bob Hiller
05/04/26
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A Review of "The Desecration of Man" by Carl Trueman

Trueman engages the question of “What is man?” and demonstrates how contemporary definitions of mankind result in the dehumanizing of our neighbor.
What Does Baptism Do?
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
05/01/26

What Does Baptism Do?

This is an excerpt from the third chapter of By Water and the Word: God’s Gift of Baptism for You by Brian Thomas (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 52-60.
The Tree That Sweetens Every Sorrow
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/30/26

The Tree That Sweetens Every Sorrow

Even when the bitter places sink down deep into our bones, the Restorer never relinquishes his grip on you.

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Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
01/22/20

Let Us Sing Our Faith

We sing, and in so doing, we are blessed as we are instilled with the word of God in word and song.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
01/17/20

The Law and the Conscience: An Excerpt from Martin Luther's Commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

Indeed, the law said, “You shall love the Lord your God,” but the law cannot give me such love, nor can it take my hand to grasp on to Christ.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
01/16/20

Limping In The Faith: How the Narrative Order of Scripture Teaches the Gospel

What then does this sequence of stories teach us? It teaches us a pertinent lesson about the Christian life.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
01/15/20

Come and See

From all accounts, everyone in Nazareth would have just thought of Jesus as a very good boy who obeyed his parents and worked hard with his father as a tekton’s apprentice in the family trade.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
01/03/20

The Pastor’s Office as a Life-Giving Tomb: A Case For Private Absolution

It is the words the pastor speaks that send the dead out alive.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
12/20/19

The Promises of Advent: Suffered and Died

Should we really be surprised that it would happen this way, that the servant would suffer for our salvation and die for our forgiveness?
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
12/19/19

In Memory of Katharina von Bora, Part 2

In some measure, if Luther had any success during his last two decades, it happened because of the woman who’d insisted on him as her bridegroom.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
12/13/19

In Memory of Katharina von Bora, Part 1

Her importance goes beyond simply managing the reformer’s household.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
12/09/19

Advent Midweek Sermon 3: The Third Article of the Apostles' Creed

The Holy Spirit is fixated on Jesus and it is the Spirit’s mission to bring us to faith in Him for He is the way, the truth, and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
12/03/19

The Promises of Advent: Born of a Virgin

God does not combat the impending armies of Satan with might and power, but with the weakness of a babe.
Robert Farrar Capon
Robert Farrar Capon
12/02/19

Faith Doesn't Paint Houses

I can only disbelieve you or believe you. If I disbelieve you, I go on being a miserable bore.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
12/02/19

Advent Midweek Sermon 2: The Second Article of the Apostles' Creed

Under the lordship of the crucified and risen Emmanuel, our existence is one of blessedness. Blessedness means we are not under the condemnation of the Law, but the benediction of God’s favor here in time and, hereafter, in eternity.
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