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.
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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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If God is Better than My Father, He's Really Good

God the Father Almighty is good. And He must be good in ways that surpass my earthly father.
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The Optimist Must Die

To whatever extent we follow God’s perfect commands we will benefit from following them.
Chad Bird
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Pastors Don't Always Want to Go to Church Either

For many, there are days when they’re as excited about going to work on Sunday morning as you are about going to work on Monday morning.
Craig Donofrio
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Why Are You Asking For More Law?

Christ alone has finished your salvation. Christ alone could and has made satisfaction for your sins.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
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The Lord of Hosts' Bounty in the Shire

The only thing Hobbits love more than a good meal, is good company with whom they can share it.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
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The Uses of the Divine Law

By Philip Melanchthon (from the 1535 Loci Communes), translated by Scott L. Keith, Ph.D.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
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The Importance of Shutting Up

When God is at work, oftentimes the best activity is non-activity, the best speech is non-speech. Sometimes God wants us to shut up.
Mark Jasa
Mark Jasa
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What is the Meaning of Life?

We chase after status, wealth, luxury, glory, honor, youth, beauty, and pleasure. We work ourselves to death. For what?
Dominick Santore
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It's Okay to Move

It's a January day in New York City and the building I work in is just off the water. What this means is that it's cold out and not just cold but cold with a biting wind. As the phrase goes, "you can feel it in your bones."
Craig Donofrio
Craig Donofrio
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Finding God's Promise in His Law

So what's the back side? What's the promise? We shall not have other gods, but we do have the one, true God—the promise of a God for us.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
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Meeting Jesus at Mile Twenty

They may also be fellow sufferers who’ve hit their own bottom with you. Whoever they are, they wear the mask of Jesus the crucified. In them and through them the Lord is at work to love you.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
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Reconnecting Through My Father's Ghosts

I’m still piecing together fragments. I’ve spent my life collecting scraps of personal stories that will explain my father to me.
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