Thornton Wilder and The Problem of Death
By 1517 Guest Contributor
05/07/26
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Thornton Wilder and The Problem of Death

Humanity, despite our best efforts, cannot answer the question as to why God allows evil to occur.
Mother as Theologian of the Home
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
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Mother as Theologian of the Home

This is an excerpt from the Chapter 7 of Being Family by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 72-74.
A Review of
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
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A Review of "The Desecration of Man" by Carl Trueman

Trueman engages the question of “What is man?” and demonstrates how contemporary definitions of mankind result in the dehumanizing of our neighbor.

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Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
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Sin Will Have No Dominion

We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
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Plagiarizing Jesus Part 3: The Endless Uses of the Lord's Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer is liturgy and catechism, action and instruction, praxis and theology.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
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Praying to Receive What's Ours

Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
06/07/23

An Intro to Ordinary Time

God cares about our real life where we actually are. He is present in the everyday.
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
06/06/23

The Word from Outside

What I desperately needed was not to preach to myself, but to listen to a preacher—not to take myself in hand, but to be taken in the hands of the Almighty.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
06/05/23

Plagiarizing Jesus Part 2: The Lord's Prayer as Catechesis

Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
Katie Koplin
Katie Koplin
06/02/23

God's Faithful Deliverance

Just like for Mordecai and Esther, our lives are also sustained by the hand of God in the ordinary, in events begging to be seen as the work of Christ in our lives.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
06/01/23

Why Do You Expect So Little of God?

When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
05/30/23

Of Mundane Importance: How God Uses Time

We number our days not according to our timeframe but according to God’s work and his rhythms.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
05/25/23

When You Have Him

God is the end of living, the destination, the point of it all.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
05/23/23

Confessions of a Tim Keller Name-Dropper

Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/17/23

More Than You Can Handle

God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
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