By Bradley Gray

07/02/25

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Faith Remains: From Habbakuk to Luther

How do the words “The righteous shall live by his faith” go from a context of hope in hopelessness to the cornerstone declaration of the chief doctrine of the Christian faith?

John Bombaro

07/01/25

The Worldview Inversion of the Cross

As soon as people understand what crucifixion means, the cross becomes offensive.

Seth Moorman

06/30/25

What Makes A Saint: A Saint Suffers

This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”

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Bradley Gray

08/04/23

Faith That Exceeds Flannel-Graphs: An Excerpt from Finding God in the Darkness

This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).

Joshua Miller

07/21/23

Idolatry in Living Color

We may not all be mass-murdering Nazis. But we all have the same root sin that causes the most egregious criminal activity on the face of the earth. We all have the desire to be our own God.

Katie Koplin

07/13/23

White Linen Pants

While we wait in tribulation for our white robes (or pants) to be washed in the blood of the Lamb, we confess to one another our seen and unseen stains.

Donavon Riley

06/27/23

Ice Baths for Lost Sheep

The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.

Gerhard Forde

06/15/23

Sin Will Have No Dominion

We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.

Jake Allstaedt

05/24/23

A Near-Death Experience and a Nagging Question

Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.

John W. Hoyum

05/01/23

What is Theosis?

What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?

Ken Sundet Jones

04/12/23

If Christ has not been raised, the Dead in Christ are Lost

If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.

Scott Keith

04/11/23

If Christ Has Not Been Raised, You Are Still in Your Sins

What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?

Gerhard Forde

04/07/23

It is Finished

Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.

Karen Stenberg

03/22/23

Do You Struggle Like I Do?

It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.

Wade Johnston

03/06/23

You Are Light

I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.

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