1. A Near-Death Experience and a Nagging Question

    book
    05/24/23
    6 mins
    read
    By Jake Allstaedt
    Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
    A Near-Death Experience and a Nagging Question

  2. If Christ has not been raised, the Dead in Christ are Lost

    book
    04/12/23
    10 mins
    read
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.
    If Christ has not been raised, the Dead in Christ are Lost

  3. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 1

    book
    03/03/23
    10 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
    Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 1

  4. I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

    book
    01/27/23
    20 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
    I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

  5. One Less Prophet

    book
    01/01/23
    15 mins
    read
    By Scott Keith
    In Memory of My Friend, James Arne Nestingen
    One Less Prophet

  6. As We Wait for Them

    book
    11/25/22
    10 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    While the world is full of horizons and endpoints, for Christians, there is always tomorrow, and there are people in that tomorrow waiting for us as we wait for them.
    As We Wait for Them

  7. I wanted you to be here too

    book
    11/23/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Laura Bauer
    We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
    I wanted you to be here too

  8. Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

    book
    11/12/22
    32 mins
    read
    By John T. Pless
    That is the task of preaching in these last weeks of the Church Year, to enable the people given to our care, to praise God from the perspective of the end when our Lord will return in glory bringing us into His Kingdom of glory.
    Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

  9. How to Define Christian Community

    book
    10/25/22
    10 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
    How to Define Christian Community

  10. How Firm Our Foundation

    book
    10/20/22
    28 mins
    read
    By Bradley Gray
    Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
    How Firm Our Foundation

  11. Every Day is a Sabbath

    book
    10/19/22
    9 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.
    Every Day is a Sabbath

  12. The Freakonomics of Jesus

    book
    10/17/22
    19 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
    The Freakonomics of Jesus
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.