An Introduction to The Bondage of the Will: The Preached and Unpreached God
By Steven Paulson
10/16/25
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An Introduction to The Bondage of the Will: The Preached and Unpreached God

This is the fifth installment in our article series, “An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will,” written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will.
An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: Election and the Word
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
10/15/25

An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: Election and the Word

This is the fourth installment in our article series, “An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will,” written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will.
An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: In Bondage to Sin
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
10/14/25

An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: In Bondage to Sin

This is the third installment in our article series, “An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will,” written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will.

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Edward Killian
Edward Killian
09/18/20

Ecclesiastes: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times

Solomon did not write Ecclesiastes to bum you out. He wrote it to set you free.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
09/16/20

Death To Self: Can You See It?

Maybe for the first time you can begin to receive creation as a gift, a sheer gift from God’s hands. And who knows what might happen in the power of this grace? All possibilities are open.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
09/15/20

You Can’t Work For Peace

Because peace is a gift and not a product, you can’t work your way into it. However—you can receive it by grace.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/15/20

If God is for us, who can be against us?

"Whom shall we fear?" We fear no one. We're not afraid of anything. Instead, we wait for the Lord with good courage. He will strengthen our hearts, as the psalmist writes (Ps 27:1).
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
09/14/20

Is Scripture Literature?

Viewing the Bible as literature is an essential and natural way of engaging the text. But there are also ways in which this practice can get lost.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/11/20

Godly Fear and God's Wisdom

The wisdom of God became man, lived, died, and was raised for the justification of sinners, great and small.
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
09/11/20

A Different Kind of Catechism

The scope of catechesis from the Reformation was broad and included not only instruction at church but in the home and in schools.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/10/20

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

This is an excerpt from “Crucifying Religion” written by Donavon Riley (1517 Publishing, 2019).
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
09/09/20

A Leader We Can Believe In

Jesus isn’t any ordinary leader. In spite of all the ways the leaders of our world may let us down, you can trust Jesus to always lead you well.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
09/09/20

Talking to the Devil

As much as Luther calls Christians to a sober belief in the devil, he also calls them to a firm and steadfast faith in Christ
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
09/08/20

Anxiety and the Christian

Christians have the rare faculty, above all other people on earth, of knowing where to place their care, while others vex and torture themselves and at length must despair.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/07/20

The Junkyard God of Conditional Forgiveness

From the junkyard of my past, I assembled the scrap metal of self-preservation, self-righteousness, and unalloyed selfishness, to weld together a hollow divinity. In its core, I stuffed myself: a god without divinity, offering forgiveness with conditions, to sinners without love.
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