This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.
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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Preaching is the first line of defense and catechetical offensive against these corrosive falsehoods.
God’s word is creative in both the imaginative sense and the constructive sense. It brings things into existence and displays new ideas, images, and concepts we did not previously perceive.
In a time of unknown, the Flanigans found comfort in the words of the prayer book and made them truly their own.
When sin comes out of the shadows and makes itself known, Christians can rest in and declare Christ's resurrection.
In writing City of God, Augustine sought to demonstrate that the events of 410 were but a glimpse of all history.
For sinners who cannot seem to get out of their own way, Dane brings to bear the gospel of Christ’s heart, which aerates one’s spiritual lungs with undiluted grace.
The reason the mind is endlessly troubled about God predestining everything is the vague generalization. Generalizations are cold as ice, without the warm Christ.
This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Urchin at War: Volume 1” by Uwe Siemon-Netto (1517 Publishing, 2021).
We do not have to endure the pain and suffering of this fallen existence forever, just for a little while.
The acquisition of salvation, the giving of salvation, and the keeping of salvation are entirely dependent upon the Savior himself.
Jesus did not come because we had our act together. He came because we couldn’t get our act together.
It is not her sacrifices that define Jane's faith, but her belief in the one who sacrificed for her.