1. Virtue for the Sake of Virtue or Your Neighbor?

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    04/08/21
    12 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    This is an excerpt from Vocation: The Setting for Human Flourishing written by Michael Berg (1517 Publishing, 2021). Available for purchase this Tuesday!
    Virtue for the Sake of Virtue or Your Neighbor?

  2. Repentance According to the Scriptures: 2 Peter 3-8-9

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    04/01/21
    7 mins
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    By Daniel Emery Price
    Repentance means to turn or change your mind. It is not a turn from sin to righteousness. It is a turn from sin to the righteous Son of God who has defeated all sin.
    Repentance According to the Scriptures: 2 Peter 3-8-9

  3. Is Jesus the Only Way? Yes and No

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    03/08/21
    13 mins
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    By Mark Mattes
    It’s not the disciples’ faith that invented the resurrection but the resurrection that gave birth to the disciples’ faith.
    Is Jesus the Only Way? Yes and No

  4. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Spell

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    02/04/21
    15 mins
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    By Rick Ritchie
    Bonhoeffer was in the unenviable position of trying to break a spell. The spell was the Nazi crisis, where the totalitarian state threatened the church, and yet to many, seemed to be saving the culture and nation from mortal dangers.
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Spell

  5. What Happens When the Gospel Isn’t Threatened

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    01/19/21
    11 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    Has the modern world taken too strong a dose of the gospel as its inheritance from the Reformation?
    What Happens When the Gospel Isn’t Threatened

  6. A Tale of Two Professors

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    01/13/21
    12 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    This tale of two professors has a common theme, plot, and denouement - the good news of the one true story, Jesus Christ crucified for you.
    A Tale of Two Professors

  7. Fruitful Solitude: Thoughts About Loneliness During the Holidays

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    12/18/20
    29 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    The way through loneliness will lie in the blessing of solitude and the care of God.
    Fruitful Solitude: Thoughts About Loneliness During the Holidays

  8. Who was Anselm of Canterbury?

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    12/04/20
    15 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    On this day in the year 1093, Anselm was consecrated as the archbishop of Canterbury.
    Who was Anselm of Canterbury?

  9. Sanctification: The Powerful Pardon

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    11/18/20
    19 mins
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    By Steven A. Hein
    The following is an excerpt from “The Christian Life: Cross or Glory” written by Steven A. Hein (1517 Publishing, 2015).
    Sanctification: The Powerful Pardon

  10. Distrusting Our Best Moments

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    09/30/20
    2 mins
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    By C.S. Lewis
    After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.
    Distrusting Our Best Moments

  11. Sunshine In September: The Story of C.S. Lewis' Conversion

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    09/28/20
    9 mins
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    By Pete Lange
    That unremarkable trip to the zoo on September 28, 1931, was the last in a long line of experiences that brought C.S. Lewis (Jack) back to the faith.
    Sunshine In September: The Story of C.S. Lewis' Conversion

  12. Death To Self: Can You See It?

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    09/16/20
    15 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    Maybe for the first time you can begin to receive creation as a gift, a sheer gift from God’s hands. And who knows what might happen in the power of this grace? All possibilities are open.
    Death To Self: Can You See It?
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