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Lilia Ellis

Lilia Ellis a former Century editorial intern, is a student at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

There is much more to Hebrews 11 than a definition of faith and a litany of Bible stories.

August 8, 2025

Judgment doesn’t have to be bad news.

August 4, 2025

Sometimes celebratory texts like Psalm 107 are as difficult as the binding of Isaac.

August 1, 2025

Putting on the clothing of the new self is a metaphor of extravagance.

July 28, 2025

Amy Newman’s new collection is less a theodicy and more an apology, a defense of life in the face of imperfection.

June 12, 2025

Theologian Norman Wirzba’s account of hope is compelling precisely because it is so grounded in harsh reality.

January 16, 2025

Craig Tichelkamp asks whether our best hope for restoring a culture of reading might lie centuries in the past.

November 14, 2024

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