What Makes A Saint: A Saint Suffers
By Seth Moorman
06/30/25
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What Makes A Saint: A Saint Suffers

This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
Tongues of Fire & Breath of God
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/27/25

Tongues of Fire & Breath of God

The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.
Dignity is not Enough: Thinking Biblically About Assisted Dying
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
06/26/25

Dignity is not Enough: Thinking Biblically About Assisted Dying

I always imagined dying a faithful death for Christ would mean burning at the stake. Now, I suspect it will mean dying in my bed of natural causes.

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Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/18/24

God’s Gift of Justification

The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
04/01/24

You Won't Have to Try to Love

Heaven is yours now.
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
03/26/24

In Search of Significance

This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller
03/06/24

Real Wine: The Resurrection According to Father Brown

The opponents of Father Brown thought that debunking the fake resurrection of Father Brown would discredit the good news of Christ's resurrection. The truth, however, is the other way around.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
02/28/24

The Sound of Freedom

This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
02/21/24

For We Do Not Know What to Pray for As We Ought

Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
02/19/24

Legalism - The Elephant in the Room

There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/16/24

The Tree At The Center of The Universe

We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
01/29/24

Hope in the Crater of Faithlessness

God never delights in seeing his children struggle or suffer. But God does desire that we trust him no matter what the circumstances might look like.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/22/24

The Waterflood Will Not Drown You

Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
01/18/24

The Word of Promise and the Family of God

The essence of what it means to be a son or daughter of Abraham, an inheritor of the Abrahamic promise, was irrevocably tethered to faith.
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
01/16/24

A Review of “Called into Questions” by Matthew Lee Anderson

Anderson encourages us to meditate upon the ways that Christ truly is the end of our exploring.
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