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. The lack of history surrounding Psalm 130 allows it to endure as universally appealing even for our seasons of hopelessness and despair when we’re in “the depths.”
  4. For you who are struggling to navigate grief, to cope with pain, or breathe through anxiety, the gospel announces that there is a person whose heart throbs for you.
  5. Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.
  6. 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.
  7. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  8. C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
  9. The following poem was written by Tanner Olson to accompany 1517’s 2023 Advent Resources, The Clothing of the King. Advent begins this Sunday.
  10. An Anglo-Saxon poem gives fresh insight to the cross
  11. How the pumpkin patch has a lot to teach us about the love and work of Christ