TOPIC INDEXChurch Seasons (22)

  1. Preparing the Way for Christmas: An Excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional

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    10/04/22
    5 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones Kathy Morales
    This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!

  2. Christmas in Isaiah: Be Fruitful and Multiply

    book
    12/21/21
    12 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    Isaiah speaks to our time. He speaks to our rejoicing now and an anticipated joy-filled future. Christ’s coming, Christmas, brings them both.

  3. The Holy Spirit: The Gift and Gift-Giver

    book
    05/24/21
    14 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    The Holy Spirit is sent, not to talk about himself, but to point us to Jesus.

  4. Waiting with Simeon

    book
    12/24/20
    9 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    We’ve hung on every whisper of hope that this way of life would end and a new one would rise to take its place.

  5. Let’s Go to Dark Gethsemane

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    04/09/20
    16 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    So let’s go to dark Gethsemane. For there we see that even in his greatest moment of weakness, Jesus is our only source of strength. He drinks the cup of wrath so we can drink the cup of grace.

  6. Pilate's Baptism

    book
    04/08/20
    5 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    The following is an excerpt from “The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional” written by Kyle G. Jones and Kathy (Strauch) Morales (1517 Publishing, 2019).

  7. The Introduction: Our Father Who Art in Heaven

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    02/13/20
    11 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    This article begins an eight-part series inspired by the Lenten themes of catechesis, prayer, and repentance found in the Lord’s Prayer as Luther taught it in his Small Catechism.

  8. The Promises of Advent: Suffered and Died

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    12/20/19
    12 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    Should we really be surprised that it would happen this way, that the servant would suffer for our salvation and die for our forgiveness?

  9. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

    book
    12/04/19
    21 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    Despite its familiarity and frequent usage, the imagery in "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," is often underappreciated.

  10. When the Dead Preach the Gospel

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    11/04/19
    8 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    His kingdom is not one of force and might for our exploitation and his gain, but one of his patience and long-suffering for our benefit.

  11. Confessing the Father's Confession About the Son

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    10/25/19
    10 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    When it comes to confessing the truth of the Christian faith, Christians are given the words. We don’t have to formulate them ourselves.

  12. Staring into the Sun on Holy Trinity Sunday

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    06/17/19
    11 mins
    By Kyle G. Jones
    On Holy Trinity Sunday, God draws our attention, not to the inner workings of the Trinity, but the outer workings of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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