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
05/06/26

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
05/04/26

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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Jason Lang
Jason Lang
01/04/21

Tempted & Delivered

Jesus is our sympathizer, our propitiation, and our advocate. We will be tempted but God will provide the way out, the way out is Jesus, the one who died for our sins.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
01/01/21

Dominus Mortis

Perhaps this past year has prompted the recognition that God is not the tame projection of our highest hopes and dreams. Instead, he is the one who uses even his foes to make a point.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
12/31/20

The Sad State of My Backyard

The setting for Luke 2 is the first century analog to my backyard. The stage is dressed with rust and decay, guilt and shame, sin and death.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
12/15/20

To Us a Child is Born: Everlasting Father

The well-meaning advice “time heals all wounds” is offensively false when we confront the overwhelming evidence that the constants in our lives are death, taxes, and suffering.
Tyler Cronkright
Tyler Cronkright
12/11/20

The Puzzle Of Sin

This is Christmas. It is Jesus becoming all sin from generation to generation.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/17/20

Jesus has Overcome Evil

Jesus overcame sin, death, and Satan on the cross. His bloody suffering and death marked this sinful world's defeat.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
11/01/20

Jesus Did Not “Pass Away”: On Preaching Death and Dying

Faithful preachers should remain steadfast in the biblical categories and terminology and preach the reality of death.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
10/29/20

The Trouble with Dressing Up

The parable of the wedding banquet in Matthew hinges on whether a guy is wearing the right costume for the party.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/27/20

Killing in the Name of

God uses the fifth commandment to protect us from selfishness, prevent us from only thinking about our needs, and to drive us to Christ and our neighbors.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/22/20

Everyone Wants to Get to Heaven, But No One Wants to Die

Jesus will strengthen and encourage us because he is true life, and life has defeated death.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
10/15/20

Freedom Under Attack

You who would be a law unto yourself, Christ is the gospel unto you, proclaiming you forgiven.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/10/20

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

This is an excerpt from “Crucifying Religion” written by Donavon Riley (1517 Publishing, 2019).
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