1. God has a plan for this world that he put into place from eternity, a plan that is carried out in Jesus Christ and promises unimaginably great blessings for believers.
  2. The relationship between faith and prayer or belief and worship is mutual. Faith produces prayer and prayer expresses faith.
  3. A few of our staff members have shared what they are looking forward to reading in the coming months below. If you’re looking for titles to fill your own summer reading list, we hope this list is a helpful resource.
  4. Your loving Lord is not oblivious to your pain and sadness.
  5. Just as the disciples on the road to Emmaus recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread, so we, through the working of the Holy Spirit, recognize our Lord in the Word and Sacraments.
  6. 1517 would not exist without the leadership, friendship, and faithfulness of Pastor Ron Hodel.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Darkness is not your only friend. Jesus loves you, and he will be with you.
  10. God’s gifts, in turn, conform our minds to the mind of Christ, and catechize our imagination in the image of God’s Son.
  11. Both Paul and Martin Luther were Olympic champions when it came to ladder climbing.
  12. God excludes our boasting out of his abundant mercy.