1. The Shepherds' Witness

    book
    12/28/21
    13 mins
    read
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    The shepherds are the most unlikely people to play the role the angels cast them in.
    The Shepherds' Witness

  2. A Q&A for Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons

    book
    12/14/21
    10 mins
    read
    By John T. Pless
    Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons is now available through 1517 Publishing
    A Q&A for Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons

  3. A Tale of Two Cities

    book
    11/20/21
    31 mins
    read
    By Bradley Gray
    The youths that mock Elisha are representative of Israel’s collective contempt and disregard for all things relating to their One True God.
    A Tale of Two Cities

  4. Your Pastor Is Not Your Therapist: Private Confession

    book
    11/19/21
    9 mins
    read
    By John T. Pless
    Forgiveness of sins does not come in bits and pieces. There are no levels of forgiveness.
    Your Pastor Is Not Your Therapist: Private Confession

  5. Geting Out of the Way of God's Promises

    book
    10/26/21
    14 mins
    read
    By Ryan Cosgrove
    One could reason that God might, at least, give the church a little worldly power.
    Geting Out of the Way of God's Promises

  6. A Lot Can Happen in Forty-Five Seconds

    book
    10/23/21
    6 mins
    read
    By 1517 Staff
    Forty-five seconds is about how long I have as a pastor leading a Sunday morning service to sit at the feet of the cross and receive Jesus’ body and blood given to me by the hands of another at the Lord’s Table.
    A Lot Can Happen in Forty-Five Seconds

  7. Bo Giertz: A Regular Pastor

    book
    10/06/21
    13 mins
    read
    By Bror Erickson
    Bo Giertz attained infamy in Sweden for a humble adherence to unpopular, orthodox practice and doctrine.
    Bo Giertz: A Regular Pastor

  8. Remember Who You Are

    book
    10/01/21
    10 mins
    read
    By Steve Kruschel
    God and Jeremiah may have been looking at the same person, but they were seeing very different things.
    Remember Who You Are

  9. Familiar Strangers: Comfort In Depression

    book
    08/26/21
    15 mins
    read
    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

  10. The “Great Commission” Is Not in Matthew but Genesis

    book
    08/14/21
    14 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    What Jesus told his disciples in Matthew 28, atop a mountain, is a reaffirmation and clarification of what God told Adam and Eve from Mount Eden in Genesis 1.
    The “Great Commission” Is Not in Matthew but Genesis

  11. What Is the Purpose of the Church?

    book
    07/24/21
    13 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    Ascertaining the what and how of the Church greatly factor into the very purpose of the Church, that is, they essentially answer the question why the Church?
    What Is the Purpose of the Church?

  12. A Letter to the Rural Church

    book
    07/10/21
    10 mins
    read
    By Katie Koplin
    Questions of our purpose and significance as a church abound with fewer and fewer people in the pews.
    A Letter to the Rural Church
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