1517 Blogcast

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Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 2: Wittgenstein’s Resurrection Principle Jul 17, 2023

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If God doesn't actually, show up in real human history and translate himself into the one category we know and understand best—the category of humanity itself—then we are orphaned and alone in the universe.

The Apologetics of Imagination Jun 29, 2023

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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.

Pastoral Presence Makes All the Difference Jun 28, 2023

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The point is this: Christ Jesus brings his word and presence to where you are and he is even willing to do so through the likes of your personally present pastor.

Ice Baths for Lost Sheep Jun 27, 2023

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The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.

One Word Jun 22, 2023

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One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.

A Departure to Celebrate Jun 21, 2023

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Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”

Opening the Dead Hands of Faith Jun 20, 2023

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It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.

An Excerpt from What Can Really Know? by David Andersen Jun 13, 2023

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This is an excerpt from chapter 9 of What Can Really Know?: The Strengths and Limits of Human Understanding by David Andersen (1517 Publishing, 2023).

Plagiarizing Jesus Part 3: The Endless Uses of the Lord's Prayer Jun 13, 2023

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The Lord’s Prayer is liturgy and catechism, action and instruction, praxis and theology.

An Intro to Ordinary Time Jun 08, 2023

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God cares about our real life where we actually are. He is present in the everyday.