All Articles

Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/22/25

A Review of The Big Relief: The Urgency of Grace for a Worn-Out World

Dave weaves together music, movies, and documentaries to illustrate all the ways we seek relief—and then, full and free, he connects our need to Christ’s gift.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
05/15/22

Gospel: John 16:23-33 (Easter 6: Series C)

Jesus opens for us a way to walk through suffering and to sing our song of salvation as we talk to our heavenly Father.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
04/02/22

Passion Sunday’s Dynamic of Location

Preaching the inseparability of Jesus and Jerusalem is to proclaim God’s Messiah and the fulfillment of the Scriptures.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther |
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
08/12/21

The Eighth Beatitude: The Persecution of the Gospel

As long as the church teaches the gospel, it will suffer persecution.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/27/19

What Does God Give Us Today?

God is the only one who decides what we receive, when, and how it’s given to us.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/18/19

The Escape from a Religious Sodom

In this religious Sodom, we had a Jesus with the heart of Moses whose gospel was a new and improved law.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
11/02/18

Election Hacking

Divine election hacking happens with the proposal that God’s Word is irrelevant and powerless, weak and impotent.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
05/23/18

Prison of Prayer

What’s wrong with me? What’s wrong with God? And what words, then, do I pray?
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
11/10/17

Freedom of a Christian

Christian freedom and Christian love go together in a most wonderful way.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
06/06/17

Beware the Fearmonger

It seems like the sky is falling every other day now. From politics to culture to religion to about anything else, there’s one purported cataclysm after another on the horizon.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/15/17

Christianity Is Not for Everyone

The God who calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves will seem hopelessly out of touch with your insulated life of self-sufficiency.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/11/16

The Gospel in Hebrew: How Ten Hebrew Words Preach Christ and His Work

These words sum up the whole person and work of our Messiah. Here is the Gospel in Hebrew.
1517 is a Christian non-profit (501(c)3) multi-media organization. Our mission is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free on account of the death and resurrection of Jesus alone.
1517.org
Search
Academy
Donate

1517 grants permission for our free online resources to be printed, photocopied, and otherwise used freely for private and church use. We require that authorship and source (1517.org) are referenced and maintained. These resources may not be sold or included in any publications for sale.