Psalm 14 (Part 1): The Fool Speaks!
By Steven Paulson
07/21/26
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Psalm 14 (Part 1): The Fool Speaks!

The certainty of faith is utter assurance because it depends upon nothing of your own. It is entirely trusting that God is a propitious, pardoning God—the God who justifies sinners by forgiving them.
Psalm 14 (Part 2): Christ Captivates Captivity!
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
07/23/26

Psalm 14 (Part 2): Christ Captivates Captivity!

Sinners get faith as a gift when Christ takes their captivity captive.
Luther, the Turks, and Islam
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
07/14/26

Luther, the Turks, and Islam

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Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
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Hiding Our Shame

God invites you to confess the skeletons in your closet so that he might bury them in the grave for good.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
06/19/21

Old Testament: Lamentations 3:22-33 (Pentecost 5: Series B)

In the overall context of Lamentations this text stands out as a breath of fresh air, or perhaps more accurately, words of relief after so much dismal lamenting!
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
06/19/21

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9, 13-15 (Pentecost 5: Series B)

If you truly love the brethren, you will not grudge to help them in their distress.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
06/19/21

Gospel: Mark 5:21-43 (Pentecost 5: Series B)

The people you serve are still hanging on by a thread, which is another way of saying they are living by faith.
1517 Publishing
1517 Publishing
06/18/21

Some Thoughts on Christian Hope

Christian hope means always hope in God and hope in Christ simultaneously without distinction.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
06/17/21

The Scandalous Blessing of Makarios: An Introduction to the Beatitudes

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.
1517 Publishing
1517 Publishing
06/14/21

I Have Put My Words in Your Mouth

This is an edited excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
06/12/21

Old Testament: Job 38:1-11 (Pentecost 4: Series B)

The fact that the LORD answers Job is a great gift of love and mercy, but He does not provide the answers Job seeks.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
06/12/21

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (Pentecost 4: Series B)

This faith bears fruit, but it may be fruit that turns upside down the world’s values.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
06/12/21

Gospel: Mark 4:35-41 (Pentecost 4: Series B)

The only one who is truly worthy of fear shows He cares for His disciples and desires to save them. Not only them, but all who are perishing.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
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Rainbows as the Color and Shape of Salvation

That a celestial phenomenon should be appropriated worldwide for iconic value or to illustrate a mythological legend makes perfect sense. One cannot copyright the rainbow.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
06/08/21

A Q&A for "Hermeneutics in Romans: Paul’s Approach to Reading the Bible

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