Peace Be With You
By Jason Oakland
07/11/25
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Peace Be With You

‘Peace’ means “I have forgiven all those sins against me.”
An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
07/10/25

An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Watery Fortress

This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 6-9.
Inception and the Paradox of Grace
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/09/25

Inception and the Paradox of Grace

Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/17/20

Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down

The whole world's sin, the crushing horror of death's power, and even hell itself were unleashed on that hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was executed.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
03/16/20

Marrying a Nun to Prepare for the End of the World

In the vortex of uncertainty and upheaval, what’s the best thing we can do? Seize the ordinary.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
03/15/20

The Ambivalence of Feelings in Lent and Passion Week

Can we fully experience the joy of the Festival of the Resurrection if we do not seriously stare boldly into the sad state of our own faithlessness to Him who promises to be faithful even when we are not?
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
03/15/20

Gospel: John 9:1-41 (Lent 4: Series A)

When the story begins in creation and ends in restoration, all the moments in between are filled with the working of God.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
03/13/20

Paul and the Resurrection: Q&A with Author Joshua Pagán

The newest book from 1517 Publishing, Paul and the Resurrection: Testing the Apostolic Testimony, was released this week. In this article, we asked the book's author, Joshua Pagán, to answer a series of questions about the book, so we could better understand his approach, his arguments, and how his book helps us better understand the resurrection of Jesus as the foundational confession of the church.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
03/12/20

Dear Death, What Has Become of Your Spear?

Paul says that the power of sin is the law. The more clearly we understand the law, the more sin oppresses and stings us.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
03/12/20

Give Us This Day: The Fourth Petition of the Lord's Prayer

Inspired by God’s goodness we give thanks for all that we have, regardless of degree or magnitude, because it is God our Father himself who gives them for our benefit.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
03/10/20

A Helmet of Promises

What I have come to see is that while anyone can make a conscious decision to walk away from God or deny him, a person can’t accidentally lose his or her salvation.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
03/09/20

Gathering up Our Dust During Lent

Ashes and dust do not need the services of spiritual EMTs; we need a Second Adam from whom we regain life itself.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
03/08/20

Gospel: John 4:5-26 (27-30, 39-42) (Lent 3: Series A)

Jesus sits by the well as a shepherd, coming to offer this woman a life-giving stream.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
03/05/20

The Worst Prayer to Pray: The Third Petition of the Lord's Prayer

When we pray, “Thy will be done,” we are praying a cosmic, grand and mighty prayer.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
03/03/20

The Anchor of John 3:16

Christ teaches that we are not lost, but have eternal life. That God has so loved us that he allowed the ransom to cost him his only beloved child.
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