The Most Important Theological Writing Ever Turns 1700 Years Old
By Bruce Hillman
09/15/25
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The Most Important Theological Writing Ever Turns 1700 Years Old

The Nicene Creed is the gospel distilled—a refined and concentrated byproduct of Scripture’s own witness to the grace and power of God in Jesus Christ.
The Deliverer Who Doesn't Run Away
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
09/12/25

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.

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Scott Keith
Scott Keith
12/22/22

Christmas in Psalm 22: Why Have You Forsaken Me?

To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
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!
John Bombaro
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
Wade Johnston
11/09/22

You were and you are

You’re not new because of what you do. You’re new and so you do new things, even in spite of yourself, because of your sinful nature.
Jay Sawrie
Jay Sawrie
11/07/22

Adverbial vs. Prepositional Theology: What's the Difference?

Weak faith in a strong Christ is still saving faith.
Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
10/12/22

That was not me

Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
Bruce Hillman
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.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
09/23/22

1 John 3: 13-24: The Given Life

Jesus is the anti-Cain: a giver, not a taker.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
09/14/22

Go Home Justified

It’s the notion of mercy that leads us to the atonement, and it is the atonement that provides a foundational basis for the justification of sinners.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
08/30/22

An Epilogue of Eternal Consequence

A group of unassuming apostles was given a graphic illustration of how the Lord would use them to turn the world right-side-up through the upside-down logic of grace.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
08/18/22

On Losing One's Life

If you are going to lose your life for the gospel’s sake, you must begin by hearing it.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
08/15/22

The Crushed Serpent: the Believer’s Only Hope

There is only one antidote to the venom of sin and death: the Savior who becomes the serpent so that every snake-bitten-sinner might live.
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