1. The gospel is for sinners – both the tax collector and Pharisee, both in need of the Great Physician.
  2. God chose Russell Brand, chose to defy his fast-escaping life and drink up all his swift-running sin in the River Thames.
  3. 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.
  4. Elsewhere makes promises that can’t be kept, but God’s promises are secure, reliable, and certain.
  5. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  6. A Christian story untethered from the reality of Christ and his mercy toward sinners becomes a mere fable, while a sermon disconnected from the hearts of its listeners remains a hollow oratory.
  7. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  8. The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
  9. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  10. Bathed in the waters of baptism, you are placed in God's path of totality, a path he won for each and every one of us.
  11. Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.