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.
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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.
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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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Whose Bones are Buried Beneath the Cross?

Let’s take a walk together. And as we do, I’ll tell you a mystery.
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Brandon Hanson
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Revelation 1:10-20 | What Kind of God Is This? Part 2 | 010

The white hair of Jesus’ head teaches us that the Gospel is an ancient mystery.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
10/03/18

Revelation 1:10-20 | What Kind of God Is This? Part 1 | 009

John had heard Jesus’ voice countless times and seen Him every day over the course of three years, and yet nothing could have prepared him for what he was about to witness.
Steven A. Hein
Steven A. Hein
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Getting Saved, Doing Nothing

We are saved by grace, and strictly speaking, not by an offer.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
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Revelation 1:10a | In the Spirit | 008

We’re going to take a little bit of time going through John’s description of the resurrected and exalted Jesus and its significance.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
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A Very Expensive Six-Pack

God’s grace is extended to the incorrigible alcoholic as well as to us, the more sophisticated sinners and drunks.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
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Divorce Never Decreed

Then, Jesus our Groom, with His nail-scarred hands takes our hands and walks out with us from that ultimate courtroom, and into eternity – His eternity – and a never-ending wedding feast.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
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Revelation 1:9 | Enduring the Tribulation | 007

We’re living in the end times. We have been since Pentecost. The earliest Christians believed it, and what’s more, that is what the apostles teach us in Scripture.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
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The Unfair Judge

On the cross, God removed the load of every single one of your sins and placed it instead on Christ. Then, He clothed you with the fullness of His holiness and perfection.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
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Revelation 1:5b-8 | God's Calling, Our Response | 006

Last week we talked about what happens when the Triune God shows up, and how we practice this every week in Sunday worship with the Trinitarian invocation, “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
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Revelation 1:4-5 | What Happens When the Triune God Shows Up? | 005

Amazing things. That’s what happens when the Triune God shows up in Jesus Christ.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
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Smashing Babies and Scarred Hands

Whatever loss you’ve undergone, whatever grief resides in the hollow of your heart, however much it seems like God has abandoned you, God sees that void as the place he wants to fill with new life and mercy.
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