1. The Trinity Is History

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    06/10/22
    16 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    The Trinity is a handy shorthand for all that God has done to justify sinners.
    The Trinity Is History

  2. Bach as Missionary to Japan

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    06/08/22
    16 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    For Japan’s highly secularized elite, alienated by collapsing opportunity and the materialistic void left behind, Bach’s music was a balm.
    Bach as Missionary to Japan

  3. He Devises Means

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    06/07/22
    14 mins
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    By Kevin Hale
    Our God is the one who brings back the exile, who restores the outcast, he is the one who devises means to do so.
    He Devises Means

  4. Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

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    06/06/22
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    After the big, splashy, exciting day of Pentecost in Acts 2, church life faded into the ordinary life of ragtag sinners encountering the God of the cross coming to them in seemingly unawesome ways. What can we learn from this?
    Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

  5. Not Drunk As You Suppose

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    06/03/22
    12 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    That on Pentecost God’s Spirit should function through a dozen seeming inebriates should be no surprise when this same God saves through the ignominy of the cross.
    Not Drunk As You Suppose

  6. Our 2022 Summer Reading List

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    06/01/22
    18 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    A few of our staff members have shared what they are looking forward to reading in the coming months below. If you’re looking for titles to fill your own summer reading list, we hope this list is a helpful resource.
    Our 2022 Summer Reading List

  7. What We See in the Cross is Love

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    05/27/22
    16 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    If you want something empty, the tomb is the way to go. The point of the manger is that Jesus was in it. The point of the cross is that Jesus was on it.
    What We See in the Cross is Love

  8. Stay With Us

    book
    05/26/22
    8 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Just as the disciples on the road to Emmaus recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread, so we, through the working of the Holy Spirit, recognize our Lord in the Word and Sacraments.
    Stay With Us

  9. The Problem With I

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    05/24/22
    13 mins
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    By Zack James Cole
    There is someone outside of I, someone outside of you, that our faith and hope is in.
    The Problem With I

  10. Absolve Yourself!

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    05/23/22
    10 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Jesus does not put us on trial and make us pay for our own sin, but he, himself, is put on trial in our place.
    Absolve Yourself!

  11. A Place that Knows Me

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    05/20/22
    18 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    We worry about the fact our days are as grass – so we try to scratch out a place for ourselves, to make a permanent, lasting place, to climb to higher places and succeed, more often than not, only to hurt each other in the process.
    A Place that Knows Me

  12. Mere Christianity at 70

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    05/18/22
    10 mins
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    By Pete Lange
    Armed with great analogies, airtight logic, and razor sharp wit, Lewis keeps you spellbound from one chapter to another as you find yourself going “further up and further in.”
    Mere Christianity at 70
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