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"The Pharisee valued fasting and giving tithes, but could not find value in his fellow sinner." -Daniel Emery Price 1517.org/articles/getti…

"God is not a tool in our hands. He does not exist to serve our goals, our metrics, or our platforms." -Magnus Persson 1517.org/articles/the-o…

"The gospel isn’t for the strong but people who know they aren’t." -Russ Lackey 1517.org/articles/even-…

"Lutherans across the spectrum should rejoice, and make common cause in the gospel." -@JohannesFlacius 1517.org/articles/post-…

"We can willingly admit the fact that we're just like tax collectors and thieves." -Heather Schulz 1517.org/articles/bless…

"In their dissatisfaction, they chose to listen to nostalgia more than the words of God, leading to an epidemic of unbelief spreading through the congregation." -Bradley Gray 1517.org/articles/tradi…

"The flock is not yours to assemble. It is yours to shepherd." -Russ Lackey 1517.org/articles/the-f…

I want to be liked. I want to be accepted. I want to be loved. But the solution to that is to look to the power of the cross, not to get stuck in obsessing over “what will people think?” -@garonnevik 1517.org/articles/givin…

Finished! Join me in giving thanks to God for the completion of my next book. Praise the Lord! Should God grant me more years of life, my goal is to complete a four-volume set on Genesis. Volume 1: Beginning with God (Genesis 1–11) Volume 2: Waiting with God (Genesis 12–24) Volume 3: Limping with God (Genesis 25–36) Volume 4: Dreaming with God (Genesis 37–50) I have already written Limping with God, on the life of Jacob, and this current volume, Dreaming with God, follows the lives of the brothers, Joseph and Judah. I am proceeding backwards, I know, but the next volume will be #2, on Abraham and Isaac. As soon as I get some needed R&R from book-writing, I will begin that project with eagerness and joy. As many of you know, the road from turning in an initial manuscript to the publication of the book is a long one. Look for Dreaming with God sometime later next year. This is my ninth book. I published one with Eerdmans, two with Baker Books, and my last six have been with @1517 Publishing. I give thanks to Christ for the vocation of being an author, and I thank all of you who have been so encouraging to me as readers and as fellow students of the Word of God. God bless each of you in Christ!

"How much blood is enough? At Golgotha the answer was finally given." -Adam Francisco 1517.org/articles/how-m…

"Although the outcome has been decided by Jesus victory, the devil won’t give up without a fight." -Jason Oakland 1517.org/articles/jesus…

"The Supper doesn’t depend on the faithfulness of the Church. It depends on the faithfulness of Christ." -Donavon Riley 1517.org/articles/why-c…

"Being a sola fide Christian doesn’t give you permission to be a jerk to your neighbor." -Luke Kjolhaug 1517.org/articles/getti…

A father's fear, a soldier son, and the Good Shepherd who's got them both.

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"While we often talk about our growth, our progress, and what we are doing for the kingdom of God, the reality is that any goodness in a Christian does not originate in us." -Ryan Couch 1517.org/articles/jesus…

"For Bonhoeffer, Christ crucified, and the cross of the Christian life were not of peripheral importance, but foundational." -Sam Schuldheisz 1517.org/articles/life-…

What if your exhaustion isn't a sign of weak faith, but the fruit of your enthusiasm? Magnus Persson and @kelsiklembara discuss: youtube.com/watch?v=4VFhPa…

"The deepest Christian joy is not self-generated excitement nor atmospheric manipulated chills, it is the astonishment of being forgiven." -Magnus Persson 1517.org/articles/curb-…

"The problem in Colossae is neither atheism nor immorality. It is a spirituality that promises fullness but never delivers it." -Russ Lackey 1517.org/articles/surpr…