The Cross and the Astronaut
By Sam P. Schuldheisz
05/08/26
18mins

The Cross and the Astronaut

The heavens are neither geocentric, nor even heliocentric, but Christocentric. It is the cross and the crucified and risen Jesus who has the whole world, and each of us, in his nail scarred hands.
Thornton Wilder and The Problem of Death
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
05/07/26

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
05/06/26

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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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/20/16

There's No Joy But In This Boy

Our relief when we're troubled can't be found at the end of all our preparations and celebrations, no matter how pious our intent.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
12/09/16

Spending Advent in God’s Winter Garden

So it is with my little garden as well; dead, so it would seem. Nothing. Barren.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
12/08/16

Our Story is a Beautiful Disaster

He finds the woman and the man in the Garden and fought back for the identity of His people.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/06/16

Isn't There Anywhere A Person Can Be Still?

This time of year, Christmas time, the world isn't so much Christ-expectant as it is Christ-haunted.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
12/01/16

Death And The Gospel

A while back, my wife and I attended the wake and memorial service of a friend from a prior church we attended.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/29/16

Good Works Don't Come With A Price Tag

Old Adam's works are good because he says they're good. End of conversation.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/24/16

When Turkeys Preach

It’s strange that we’ll stuff our mouths today with a bird whose life preaches against us. For consider the turkeys, which neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/22/16

It's OK to Be Godless, So Long As You're A Christian

"What do you mean, 'Confess that I don't believe in God?' I'm a Christian. Of course I believe in God!"
Matt Kroelinger
Matt Kroelinger
11/18/16

Weak Faith in the Midst of Tragedy

Recently I’ve met many people that have suffered tragedies in their families. I know this sounds a little selfish, but the ones that stick out the most to me are the ones that affected my own family.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/14/16

The Sex Worker Who Teaches Us the Fear of the Lord

Hear that confession of saving faith? Rahab may have been a prostitute in Jericho, but she was secretly a virgin daughter of Yahweh.
Joel Fitzpatrick
Joel Fitzpatrick
11/09/16

The Death of the Me Monster

A while ago I ran across a great comedy routine. In it Brian Regan riffs on those who he calls Me Monsters. This is a person who must be at the center of every conversation.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/31/16

The Hardest Thing to Believe

You matter so much to God that he would rather die than lose you. You matter so much to Jesus that no suffering was too much, no deprivation too burdensome, no punishment too severe for him to endure to have you as his own.
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