By Caleb Keith

02/04/26

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Being Made Holy

The Scriptures consistently speak about sanctification as a sure gift for the Christian.

Let the Babies Come to Me, and Don’t Abort Them

Scott Keith

02/03/26

Let the Babies Come to Me, and Don’t Abort Them

We believe in a Savior who raises the dead: this is why the church is the one place on earth that can speak plainly about abortion without collapsing into despair.

Ryan Matthias

01/30/26

Don't Lead with Wrestling

When we consider our own end, it will not bring us into a final wrestling match with the messenger of God, but into the embrace of the Messiah of God.

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Wade Johnston

01/20/23

The Gospel for Morons

Morons though we all have been, there is nothing we need that Christ hasn’t given us.

Haroldo Camacho

01/10/23

Another Look at the "Loving" Expert on the Law

The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.

Bradley Gray

01/05/23

Jesus is Better

As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."

Steven Paulson

12/20/22

Christmas in Psalm 2: Futility is Funny

Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.

1517 Staff

11/28/22

Church Fathers on Christmas: John Chrysostom

For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.

John Bombaro

11/12/22

Epistles: Colossians 1:13-20 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

The epistle text from Colossians 1 declares how the great drama of redemption and human history ends.

Wade Johnston

11/03/22

Virgins in Hell

We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.

Bob Sundquist

10/30/22

Old Testament: Exodus 3:1-15 (Pentecost 22: Series C)

The name of God invites us on a journey to see how God will remain present with his people, listen to their cries for salvation, know their sufferings in such an intimate way so as to incarnate them in Christ.

Gerhard Forde

10/27/22

The Otherworldly Vision

Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.

Wade Johnston

10/25/22

How to Define Christian Community

There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.

Bruce Hillman

10/13/22

A Very Brief Introduction to Logos Theology

Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.

Bruce Hillman

10/07/22

1 John 4:7-14: Love, self-hate, and the search for God

To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.

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