This week, we are grateful to publish a series of sermons from our beloved late Chaplain, Ron Hodel. This is the fifth installment of that series. 1517.org/articles/its-g…

"We’ve been coached into thinking about baptism as something that we do to demonstrate our commitment to God." -FLAME 1517.org/articles/word-…

"Romans 7 affords us a vulnerable glimpse into the normative Christian experience. It describes in painful detail the life of sin and grace with which we’re all too familiar." -Brad Gray 1517.org/articles/hope-…

“Because of Jesus, God always hears our prayers, and he always responds to them in love–regardless of the quality or quantity of the one speaking them.” -Luke Kjolhaug 1517.org/articles/gods-…

“It’s God’s power that we are dealing with here that is made perfect in weakness, not ours. God’s power is made perfect in the weakness of the cross.” -Gerhard Forde 1517.org/articles/the-p…

“The world hates Jesus because he comes to lead us to love and forgive all, including our enemies.” -Donavon Riley 1517.org/articles/nietz…

"The undercurrent of Scripture is the sheer fact that Jehovah God is a God of his word." -Brad Gray 1517.org/articles/the-f…

"Christian mercy should not seek its own. It must be round, and open its eyes and look at all alike, friend and foe, as our heavenly Father does." -Martin Luther 1517.org/articles/mercy…

"Following Jesus, we gimp our way down the dark and slippery paths of life. As we do, we discover, ironically, that the longer we follow him, the weaker we become, and the more we lean on our Lord." -Chad Bird 1517.org/articles/an-ex…

"With every bone in our bodies, we declare war on grace. We declare war on the gift." -Luke Kjolhaug 1517.org/articles/in-pr…

"Through Martin Luther, God would unleash a far greater storm than the one which overwhelmed Luther on July 2, 1505." -Sam Schuldheisz 1517.org/articles/rains…

"Moses is no Jesus but he, like us, is saved by Him. The law cannot enter the promised land, and yet the true and greater promised land is occupied by nothing but lawbreakers." -Daniel Emery Price 1517.org/articles/the-l…

"History is the painful realization that we aren’t the ones who can save the world but, rather, we’re the ones who get saved." -Brad Gray 1517.org/articles/havin…

"With Christ as the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, the future is secure already. It’s solid right now, even when the cords seem to be fraying." -Ken Sundet Jones 1517.org/articles/a-clo…

Please keep our dear friend, brother and 1517 staff member and his family in your prayers.

"The spirit indeed is willing and desires bodily death as a gentle sleep. It does not consider it to be death; it knows no such thing as death." -Martin Luther 1517.org/articles/minia…

"Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self." -John Bombaro 1517.org/articles/hate-…

"Sometimes I think we should be more tempted to laugh at the gospel than we are, not in derision but in sheer surprise and awe." -Wade Johnston 1517.org/articles/a-hos…

"Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment." -David Clay 1517.org/articles/calli…

"Let us revisit Irenaeus, this very modern yet ancient teacher of the church. He first began to teach me, thirty years ago, when I was a wet-behind-the-ears theologian." -Chad Bird 1517.org/articles/churc…