1. Hypocrites and Work-Saints

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    09/10/21
    7 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    The upright, in whom the law has exercised its work, when they feel their sickness and weakness, say: God will help me; I trust in him; I build upon him; he is my rock and hope.
    Hypocrites and Work-Saints

  2. Life as a Cigarette

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    09/04/21
    20 mins
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    By Bror Erickson
    The grass withered for them too, but they held on to God’s Word. They knew that was eternal, so they lived in it. They lived in his forgiveness.
    Life as a Cigarette

  3. Familiar Strangers: Comfort In Depression

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    08/26/21
    15 mins
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    By Tyler Cronkright
    It turns out that when Elijah battled depression, God sent someone to just be with him. To comfort him.
    Familiar Strangers: Comfort In Depression

  4. Faith Is Not What Some People Think

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    07/27/21
    4 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Faith is a living, bold trust in God’s grace, so certain of God’s favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it.
    Faith Is Not What Some People Think

  5. The Gospel According to Corduroy

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    07/14/21
    9 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    God’s love is axiomatic; it just is. It’s a truism without a logical explanation.
    The Gospel According to Corduroy

  6. Fathers

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    06/29/21
    7 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    We can not give our Heavenly Father anything that will make him love us more or less. He gives and we receive.
    Fathers

  7. A Necessary and Eternal Treasure

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    06/26/21
    11 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    Take away the communal aspect, take away the communal gathering around Christ’s body and blood, and the Christian will begin to suffer a malnutrition of faith.
    A Necessary and Eternal Treasure

  8. Juneteenth and the Proclamation of Freedom

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    06/19/21
    7 mins
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    By Dan van Voorhis
    The story of Juneteenth is one of living between proclamation and emancipation, and the story of the Christian faith is one of living in that same tension.
    Juneteenth and the Proclamation of Freedom

  9. The World Does Not Need Extraordinary Fathers

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    06/18/21
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    The world doesn’t need dads who are more stressed than they already are. It needs fathers who care for their families, not in heroic ways, but in common, everyday ways.
    The World Does Not Need Extraordinary Fathers

  10. The Scandalous Blessing of Makarios: An Introduction to the Beatitudes

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    06/17/21
    13 mins
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    By Haroldo Camacho
    The only one truly blessed of God, who in himself is God’s incarnate makarios, surrounds himself with a multitude of the accursed, the non-makarios.
    The Scandalous Blessing of Makarios: An Introduction to the Beatitudes

  11. Why We Go to Church

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    06/12/21
    13 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    This article comes to us from 1517 guest contributor, Karen Stenberg.
    Why We Go to Church

  12. Freedom From Parsing

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    06/11/21
    11 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    Only when we’re ready to accept the impossibility of human perfection can we move beyond the paralyzing myth that we are capable of anything good apart from Christ.
    Freedom From Parsing
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