This is an excerpt from the third chapter of By Water and the Word: God’s Gift of Baptism for You by Brian Thomas (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 52-60.
04/30/26
Even when the bitter places sink down deep into our bones, the Restorer never relinquishes his grip on you.
04/28/26
To Live Well is therefore not a general advice book, but a message suffused with the gospel.
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07/02/24
In Christ, this world’s never-children are his always-children, because he isn’t a God of death, after all.
06/28/24
To embrace our creatureliness is to affirm the truth that we were created to worship.
06/27/24
This is an excerpt from chapter 6 of Scandalous Stories by Daniel Emery Price and Erick Sorensen (1517 Publishing 2018).
06/12/24
Moltmann is gone now, but his theology will continue to provoke and provide.
06/10/24
God does not give us an undebatable answer to suffering. Instead, God suffers, too.
06/07/24
In our catastrophes - whatever they may be, however large or small they are - we cry out for rescue, deliverance, and salvation.
05/21/24
Instead of a death sentence, those brothers hear the words of deliverance.
05/09/24
Five promises were seemingly all those apostles, staring into the sky, had to go on. Five promises that were more than enough.
05/07/24
The lack of history surrounding Psalm 130 allows it to endure as universally appealing even for our seasons of hopelessness and despair when we’re in “the depths.”
05/03/24
For you who are struggling to navigate grief, to cope with pain, or breathe through anxiety, the gospel announces that there is a person whose heart throbs for you.
04/29/24
The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
04/23/24
In Israel today, it's still possible to witness the same scene the disciples saw 2000 years ago when the Bedouin shepherds bring their flocks home from various pastures at the end of the day.
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