Post-Denominational Lutheranism
By John W. Hoyum
03/20/26
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Post-Denominational Lutheranism

One great thing about our post-denominational age is that it has opened up opportunities to make common cause with other Lutherans who, despite their differences and eccentricities, can agree on some of the most important things.
Getting Over your Pride
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
03/19/26

Getting Over your Pride

Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.
Blessed Beggars
Heather Schulz
Heather Schulz
03/18/26

Blessed Beggars

We can willingly admit the fact that we're just like tax collectors and thieves.

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Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
02/07/20

The Patience of Job

The following is an excerpt from "Finding Christ in the Straw," written by Robert M. Hiller (1517 Publishing, 2020).
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
02/05/20

God's Description In Two Words

I venture to assert I have never read, in the entire Scriptures, words more beautifully expressive of the grace of God than these two children words.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/04/20

God Doesn't Love Everyone the Same

Whoever you are, your Father loves you differently than he loves other people. You are more than a grain of sand in the vast desert called humanity.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/03/20

When Sin Cuts Us Down

The easiest way for us to contend with our sin is to become an agent of sin. We slice and cut others to pieces for all the world to see.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
02/03/20

Q&A for Faithless to Fearless

Neither the disciples nor Paul expected a resurrected Messiah, so something has to account for their dramatic transition from faithless to fearless in the days/years following Jesus’ crucifixion.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
01/24/20

Good Gifts

The following is an excerpt from "Finding Christ in the Straw" written by Robert M. Hiller (1517 Publishing, 2020).
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
01/23/20

Third Sunday After Epiphany: John 4:27-42

The following is an excerpt from “A Year of Grace: Collected Sermons of Advent through Pentecost” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2019).
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/21/20

Fighting the Leviathans of Sin and Death

One moment, we pray for our rescue from sin and death. The next moment, we beg our Father to do unto others what we hope he will never do to us.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/20/20

Friendship in the Old Testament: David and Jonathan

Jonathan saw in David a reflection of who he himself was. This recognition pulled him outside himself and bound him to another.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
01/17/20

The Law and the Conscience: An Excerpt from Martin Luther's Commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

Indeed, the law said, “You shall love the Lord your God,” but the law cannot give me such love, nor can it take my hand to grasp on to Christ.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
01/02/20

Very Human Disciples

The following is an excerpt from “Faithless to Fearless” written by David Andersen (1517 Publishing, 2019).
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
12/26/19

The End is in Sight

We think that if we are good enough, brave enough, or at least if we try hard enough, we will be someone who can be both fully known and fully loved.
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