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?”

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

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

01/02/20

Very Human Disciples

The following is an excerpt from “Faithless to Fearless” written by David Andersen (1517 Publishing, 2019).

Elyse Fitzpatrick

01/01/20

Tiny, Weak, and Cared For

God cares for us because we’re created in his image, but he also cares for us because the second person of the Trinity, the Son, became one of us.

Joshua Miller

12/30/19

By Gracious Powers: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Prayer for a New Year

The real power of his hymn comes from the fact that Bonhoeffer does not offer a rosy picture of life or any of the tropes so typical of cheap piety that tell us that everything is always right, that things happen for a reason, and that we should try to stay positive.

Dan van Voorhis

12/25/19

Like A Kid On Christmas

As Christians, we are not cold ascetics, depriving ourselves in the here and hereafter. We are given good things from our heavenly Father in heaven, and even a foretaste of the things to come.

Donavon Riley

12/23/19

The Promises of Advent: Resurrected

The promise of Advent is the promise of the lamb slain, who is born and given for us so that we don’t have to fear sin, death, and hell.

Peter Nafzger

12/23/19

Gospel: Matthew 2:13-23 (Christmas 1: Series A)

On the other side of Christmas, we find (1) senseless suffering and (2) unstoppable salvation. A sermon on these verses should be honest about both.

Kyle G. Jones

12/20/19

The Promises of Advent: Suffered and Died

Should we really be surprised that it would happen this way, that the servant would suffer for our salvation and die for our forgiveness?

Ken Sundet Jones

12/19/19

In Memory of Katharina von Bora, Part 2

In some measure, if Luther had any success during his last two decades, it happened because of the woman who’d insisted on him as her bridegroom.

Donavon Riley

12/19/19

What Jesus Does Today Matters Most

Our regrets and anxiety, self-abuse and addictions, violence and endless lists are signs that we don’t have an answer to the question: "Why am I here right now, alive, existing?"

Bob Hiller

12/16/19

The Promises of Advent: Born in the Midst of Suffering

While we do not have an answer, we do have a promise. A promise given to us by a God whose one and only Son was himself slaughtered by those terrified of losing their power.

Ken Sundet Jones

12/13/19

In Memory of Katharina von Bora, Part 1

Her importance goes beyond simply managing the reformer’s household.

Bror Erickson

12/12/19

Third Sunday in Advent: Matthew 11:2-11

The following is an excerpt from “A Year of Grace: Collected Sermons of Advent through Pentecost” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2019).

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