Even Chuck Norris Needed a Savior
By Russ Lackey
03/23/26
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Even Chuck Norris Needed a Savior

The gospel isn’t for the strong but people who know they aren’t.
Post-Denominational Lutheranism
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
03/20/26

Post-Denominational Lutheranism

One great thing about our post-denominational age is that it has opened up opportunities to make common cause with other Lutherans who, despite their differences and eccentricities, can agree on some of the most important things.
Getting Over your Pride
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
03/19/26

Getting Over your Pride

Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.

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Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
10/31/18

Revelation 2-3 | Seven Letters to Seven Churches | 012

My email was once hacked and read, then used to send emails to contacts in my address book.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
10/31/18

Reformation Day: 501 Years Later

While 500 years is certainly something to be celebrated, to always focus on the anniversary number could run the risk of forgetting the true meaning behind the reason we remember the Reformation as an important period in the history of the Christian church.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
10/29/18

The Almost Forgiven

Since Adam, we are all illegal and undocumented aliens in God’s country.
Mark Jasa
Mark Jasa
10/25/18

Cutting Off Our Sin

But there is something far more serious and important: being reconciled to our Father in Heaven.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
10/24/18

The Gospel is Only for Consumers

Perhaps the answer to creating a healthier church and a more invested people is found in preaching more clearly the full freeing Gospel.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
10/23/18

Self-Esteem?

What do you think of when you hear the term “self-esteem”?
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
10/22/18

The Good News of Suffering

The biblical response to suffering, to recognizing that things are not as they ought to be, is lament.
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
10/19/18

An Introduction to Luther's Theology of the Cross

The following is an excerpt from the introduction to Theology of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation written by Steve Paulson and edited by Kelsi Klembara and Caleb Keith (1517 Publishing, 2018).
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
10/17/18

Revelation 1:10-20 | What Kind of God Is This? Part 3 | 011

Finally, we draw near the end of this three-part article on Revelation 1:10-20.
Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
10/16/18

On Being Haunted

I am often haunted by my past. I am daily haunted by what I should be doing.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/12/18

Whose Bones are Buried Beneath the Cross?

Let’s take a walk together. And as we do, I’ll tell you a mystery.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
10/12/18

Theses 27-28: Love for the Unlovable

But these good works aren’t done under compulsion. They’re done freely. They aren’t done so that God will love us. They’re done because He loves us.
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