1. The Apologetics of Imagination

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    06/29/23
    12 mins
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    By Amy Mantravadi
    If we believe that ours is truly the greatest story ever told, then we must share that story in creative ways and allow it to change the desires of its hearers.
    The Apologetics of Imagination

  2. Our 2023 Summer Reading List

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    06/23/23
    27 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    Below is a compilation of some of our staff and contributor’s recommended reads for this summer (based, of course, on what we are reading). Let us know if you find a book you love!
    Our 2023 Summer Reading List

  3. Pentecost with C.S. Lewis

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    05/26/23
    19 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The Holy Spirit isn’t so much the one you look at, as he is the one who turns you from looking at yourself and your sin to your Savior, Jesus.
    Pentecost with C.S. Lewis

  4. A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

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    05/03/23
    17 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
    A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

  5. Easter with the Inklings

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    04/17/23
    19 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
    Easter with the Inklings

  6. Holy Week with C.S. Lewis

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    04/03/23
    17 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
    Holy Week with C.S. Lewis

  7. Holy Week Poems

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    03/31/23
    8 mins
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    By Tanner Olson
    A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
    Holy Week Poems

  8. The Legend of the Dogwood

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    03/30/23
    11 mins
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    By Seth Moorman
    Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
    The Legend of the Dogwood

  9. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

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    03/17/23
    11 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
    Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

  10. An Excerpt from What is Christianity? by Francis Pieper

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    02/21/23
    9 mins
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    By Philip Bartelt
    A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
    An Excerpt from What is Christianity? by Francis Pieper

  11. Who Will Storm Doubting Castle?

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    02/20/23
    12 mins
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    By Rick Ritchie
    Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
    Who Will Storm Doubting Castle?

  12. C.S. Lewis and the Four Loves

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    02/06/23
    23 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
    C.S. Lewis and the Four Loves
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