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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Jesus is the End of Religion

Christianity isn’t about our faith. It’s about God’s faithfulness to His promises.
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The Faulty Foundation of The Benedict Option

Some form of the Rule of Benedict will not save or reinvigorate the church. The church already has what the church needs to do her work in the world: she has the Gospel.
Chad Bird
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Christians, Thank God for Truth in Other Religions

He was providentially injecting streams of light into the darkness, that thereby he might lead them toward the true light of Christ.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
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When Denominations Think They're God's Chosen Group

You may be surprised to discover that, rather than changing your theology, these other voices deepen and expand it in ways that never would have happened if you listened only to the “approved” voices.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
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Christianity Is Not About a Personal Relationship with Jesus

Christianity is not a solo endeavor. Not a private relationship between Jesus and me.
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
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Prove It

Show me. If I’m going to believe, I need to be convinced—on my terms.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
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Fight Club Faith

What is your fight club? Who is your Tyler Durden?
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
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Anything Else You Worship Will Eat You Alive

Whether one believes Jesus to be God or not, His words and actions proclaim that He did not come to be served but to serve.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
03/22/17

Preparing for Death and the University

Don’t let anyone tell you the academy denies the concept of truth...good gracious, I hope by the end of the semester they are still alive.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/30/17

Guest Post: It's the Love: On Conversion from Islam to Christianity

But one key theme that kept surfacing again and again was love: Jesus loved people, the Church showed me genuine love, and above all, God’s love in Christianity is unconditional.
Daniel Deen
Daniel Deen
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Proving An Original Cause Of All Things

Can the chain of cause and effect extend infinitely?
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
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The Naked How and the Fleshy Why

Over and over, generation after generation, sinners repeat the same mistake. "How is it possible that God can be a man," we ask.
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