Wrath and Death
By Christopher J. Richmann
02/17/26
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Wrath and Death

People everywhere, every day, feel God’s wrath—and not as merely an afterlife threat but as a present reality.
Fairytale or Fact: The Transfiguration as Eyewitness Testimony
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
02/16/26

Fairytale or Fact: The Transfiguration as Eyewitness Testimony

Faith, for Peter, is not suspended in religious abstraction. It is tied to something that happened in time and space.
More Than Chocolates: St. Valentine, Baptism, and the Love of Christ
Russ Lackey
Russ Lackey
02/13/26

More Than Chocolates: St. Valentine, Baptism, and the Love of Christ

Baptism does not promise us chocolates or flowers, but something far greater: life in Christ.

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Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
08/18/23

An Excerpt from The Resurrection Fact

This is an edited excerpt from the conclusion of The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics, edited by John Bombaro and Adam Francisco. (1517 Publishing, 2016).
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/24/23

Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 3: New Possibilities of Epistemology and Ontology

Only the resurrection of Jesus guarantees and facilitates divine presence and love to us as divine life for us.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/10/23

Resurrection Life for Resurrection People

The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/17/23

More Than You Can Handle

God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
Michael Berg
Michael Berg
04/26/23

A Beautiful Sadness

As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
04/14/23

If Christ Has Not Been Raised, We are the Most to be Pitied

Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
04/13/23

If Christ Has Not Been Raised, Our Hope is No Hope At All

Paul thinks the consequences of Christ not being raised are worse for those who believe than those who never did if it were to be true Christ was not raised.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
04/12/23

If Christ has not been raised, the Dead in Christ are Lost

If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
04/11/23

If Christ Has Not Been Raised, You Are Still in Your Sins

What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
04/10/23

If Christ Has Not Been Raised, Preaching is Useless

This week we are taking a closer look at 1 Corinthians 15:14-19 and what we lose if Christ has not been raised from the dead.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
04/06/23

Mandating the Promise

By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
02/09/23

The Last Word

This sermon was originally given at Luther Seminary chapel on May 20, 1986.
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