What Makes A Saint: A Saint Suffers
By Seth Moorman
06/30/25
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What Makes A Saint: A Saint Suffers

This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
Tongues of Fire & Breath of God
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/27/25

Tongues of Fire & Breath of God

The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.
Dignity is not Enough: Thinking Biblically About Assisted Dying
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
06/26/25

Dignity is not Enough: Thinking Biblically About Assisted Dying

I always imagined dying a faithful death for Christ would mean burning at the stake. Now, I suspect it will mean dying in my bed of natural causes.

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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/20/21

The True and Better Naboth

When we — sinful, reprehensible we — become the enforcers of justice, we never bring about true justice. We either go too far or not far enough.
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
10/13/21

Running from Rest

Christ has taken our failures and defeats and exchanges that yoke for his own.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
10/11/21

Luther at Augsburg

Even if not a turning point, 1518 is a point of no return for Luther.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
10/09/21

The Mystery of Faith

The Son of God is still God the Son in the Incarnation.
1517 Publishing
1517 Publishing
10/08/21

"Faith" in the Mature Luther

The way to salvation does not consist in works invented by men, but that which leads to God is believing and trusting in Him.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/04/21

For God So Loved the Animals

Bulls, lions, dogs. Why all these metaphors from the animal kingdom to describe humanity as it encircles the crucified Savior? Because the man on the cross, God incarnate, is there for all creation, not just humanity.
Nicholas Kallis
Nicholas Kallis
10/02/21

A Theology of Children

The entrance of children into the world reminds our world of the hope of redemption in Genesis 3:15.
Steve Kruschel
Steve Kruschel
10/01/21

Remember Who You Are

God and Jeremiah may have been looking at the same person, but they were seeing very different things.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
09/30/21

Mary: When Gabriel was Frightened by Mary

Grace does not emancipate us from any requirement of obedience. Rather, grace allows Jesus to be obedient on our behalf that the righteous demands of the law can be fulfilled.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
09/29/21

So I Can Just Do Whatever I Want?

There are plenty of reasons why you do not already do whatever you want out of fear of the law, and you will find these reasons persist and remain long after the gospel has its way with you.
Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale
09/28/21

God's Plan for Your Life: Reflections on Jeremiah 29

God has in fact executed his plans for his people, plans of peace (probably a better translation than welfare), a future, and a hope in Jesus Christ.
1517 Publishing
1517 Publishing
09/24/21

In Search for the Meaning of Grace

Except for the Augsburg Confession, Melanchthon’s Loci communes of 1521 were the most important of his writings.
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