The Deliverer Who Doesn't Run Away
By Bradley Gray
09/12/25
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The Deliverer Who Doesn't Run Away

Nothing good happens when you get ahead of God and take matters into your own hands.
When Evil Roars, Christ Still Reigns
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
09/11/25

When Evil Roars, Christ Still Reigns

To confess Christ crucified and risen as the only hope in a world that has lost its mind to wickedness and rage.
An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 86
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/10/25

An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 86

The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s upcoming book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 191-192.

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Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
11/25/22

As We Wait for Them

While the world is full of horizons and endpoints, for Christians, there is always tomorrow, and there are people in that tomorrow waiting for us as we wait for them.
Laura Bauer
Laura Bauer
11/23/22

I wanted you to be here too

We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
11/21/22

Refreshment for the Depressed Soul

Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
11/15/22

Your Son Died, You Owe Nothing

We live again, not so that we will now pay our debt, but to proclaim that we live because our debt was paid!
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
11/14/22

A Life Hidden in Christ

You are a child of God. You’re blameless, holy, perfect, and righteous. Don’t feel that way? Too bad. God is greater than your heart.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/08/22

Why Bother to Pray?

Our God is a living God and he listens to our cries for help.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
10/28/22

The Spirit Never Stops Testifying to Christ: 1 John 5:5-12

Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
10/26/22

Visible and Invisible

The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
10/25/22

How to Define Christian Community

There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/24/22

The Book that Brings Deliverance

Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/23/22

Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Sunday: Series C)

The phrase “works of the law” has an antithesis when it comes to righteousness—faith. What keeping the Law could not do, the gift of faith does.
Dan Weber
Dan Weber
10/23/22

Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30 (Reformation Sunday: Series C)

To preach Christ and Him crucified is to reveal again the revealed God who saves.
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