1. The profound significance of Christ’s resurrection comes from the threefold justification it provides: it justifies the sinner, the sinner’s hope, and God himself.
  2. Five promises were seemingly all those apostles, staring into the sky, had to go on. Five promises that were more than enough.
  3. Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  7. Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
  8. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  9. God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
  10. C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
  11. The following poem was written by Tanner Olson to accompany 1517’s 2023 Advent Resources, The Clothing of the King. Advent begins this Sunday.
  12. An Anglo-Saxon poem gives fresh insight to the cross