What Makes A Saint: A Saint Suffers
By Seth Moorman
06/30/25
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What Makes A Saint: A Saint Suffers

This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
Tongues of Fire & Breath of God
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/27/25

Tongues of Fire & Breath of God

The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.
Dignity is not Enough: Thinking Biblically About Assisted Dying
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
06/26/25

Dignity is not Enough: Thinking Biblically About Assisted Dying

I always imagined dying a faithful death for Christ would mean burning at the stake. Now, I suspect it will mean dying in my bed of natural causes.

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1517 Staff
1517 Staff
12/05/22

Church Fathers on Christmas: St. Augustine

Let us rejoice, then, in this grace so that our glory may be the testimony of our conscience wherein we glory not in ourselves but in the Lord (2 Cor. 1:12).
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/05/22

A Review of Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)

The more awareness we have that we are weak and low and frail and incapable of doing this thing called life, the more perfectly we are positioned to meet the God of grace.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
12/03/22

Epistle: James 5:7-11 (Advent 3: Series A)

More than that, as children of the One who is the Resurrection and the eternal Life, as children who have themselves been both justified and regenerated, live as if Christ has already reappeared, as if the parousia has happened.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
12/03/22

Gospel: Matthew 11:2-15 (Advent 3: Series A)

John the Baptist’s question in our text offers you an opportunity to help your congregation take seriously the doubts experienced by those who live by faith.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
12/02/22

When Politics Predominates

When the church is a political actor, the gospel doesn’t have the final word.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
12/01/22

He Who Comes

It is terribly easy to set up our theology as a buffer against the real coming of the Lord and its consequences.
Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
11/30/22

Advent Anticipation Through the Ages

When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
11/29/22

The Theology of Midnights

All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
11/28/22

Church Fathers on Christmas: John Chrysostom

For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
11/26/22

Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12 (Advent 2: Series A)

The Lord is coming, that much is certain. He is coming to reign, not only over the heavens, but also over the members of your congregation.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
11/26/22

Epistle: Romans 15:4-13 (Advent 2: Series A)

We of all people, because of Christ, can build securely on the future because the truth of Christ runs from the past to the present, establishing a most certain future.
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
11/26/22

Old Testament: Isaiah 11:1-10 (Advent 2: Series A)

Christ the King’s return will show us what we can only imagine. He will be a king and His a kingdom will be unlike any we have known.
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