No One Builds Alone: Why the Future of Lutheranism Must Be Built Together
By Russ Lackey | Mark Mattes
06/15/26
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No One Builds Alone: Why the Future of Lutheranism Must Be Built Together

The church is not renewed when one pastor tries to do the work of the whole body. The church is renewed when Christ’s body begins to act like a body again.
Learning God's Grand Story through the Chronicles of Narnia
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
06/13/26

Learning God's Grand Story through the Chronicles of Narnia

This is what Christian catechesis does; it turns the knobs of the Scriptures and throws the doors of God’s word wide open to tell us the story of salvation.
Christian Liturgy in our Distracted Age
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
06/10/26

Christian Liturgy in our Distracted Age

Christianity isn’t simply a tool to fix social, spiritual, or economic problems. Its claims are much larger, touching upon truth itself and therefore all things and all people.

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Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
10/23/21

Gospel: Mark 12:28-37 (Pentecost 23: Series B )

Grace is God’s caring disposition toward His human creatures. And it is shown fully and purely in the work of Jesus for us.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
10/23/21

A Lot Can Happen in Forty-Five Seconds

Forty-five seconds is about how long I have as a pastor leading a Sunday morning service to sit at the feet of the cross and receive Jesus’ body and blood given to me by the hands of another at the Lord’s Table.
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.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
10/16/21

Old Testament: Jeremiah 31:7-9 (Pentecost 22: Series B )

The full effect of the Law had been visited upon God's people, but now the LORD will remember His people and return them to the land of promise and to Holy Jerusalem.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
10/16/21

Epistle: Hebrews 7:23-28 (Pentecost 22: Series B )

Hebrews proclaims you absolutely need a priest and you have one. This priest is Jesus!
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
10/16/21

Gospel: Mark 10:46-52 (Pentecost 22: Series B )

Today, Jesus' road to Jerusalem turns into your congregation. He calls you and your hearers to follow Him all the way home.
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
10/13/21

Running from Rest

Christ has taken our failures and defeats and exchanges that yoke for his own.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
10/12/21

A Q&A for How Melanchthon Helped Discover the Gospel

This is a Q&A for 1517 Publishing’s newest release, “How Melanchthon Helped Luther Discover the Gospel,” by Lowell C. Green. This release also marks the launch of our new Melanchthon Library.
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.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
10/09/21

Old Testament: Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 (Pentecost 21: Series B )

A little or a lot, great is the joy of the child of God for the meaning of life is not defined by stuff, but rather by the cross.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
10/09/21

Gospel: Mark 10:35-45 (Pentecost 21: Series B )

Honor would be shown to the least. Power would be shown by its opposite. The way of glory was marked with humility.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
10/09/21

Epistle: Hebrews 4:1-13 (14-16) (Pentecost 21: Series B )

No work need be done to enter this Sabbath rest, for Christ has done all that is necessary.
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