This is an excerpt from the sixth chapter of Fear Not: How the Gospel Disrupts Our Deepest Anxieties by Luke Kjolhaug (1517 Publishing, 2026).
We draw near because Christ our Mediator has gone where we never could, and he has brought us with him.
The Israelite God was different from all the other gods, thus, the worship of Yahweh differed from that of all other gods.

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Our hope is God's mercy. It's like a well that never dries up. His mercies were there before he created us. They are present for us today.
God's power and works are awesome and cannot be stifled. His grace and mercy will be heard above the growls and howls of those who deny Christ Jesus is God and Savior
The church’s song goes on and on, singing and ringing down to us today.
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Christ has received the mark of law that we might be marked with the gospel, with the sign of his holy cross on our heads and hearts as redeemed children of God.
This Christmas season we are thankful that even though we “fallers” are unable to climb up to God, he came down the ladder to us.
The thought of losing even one of those for whom his Son died pains God beyond belief, and the angels rejoice when even one of his children repents.
Jesus is both the image bearer and the image giver. In Jesus’ incarnation we are redeemed and re-imaged.
“The days are coming,” and God said it. God, who kept his promise that Christ would come at Christmas.
In Genesis 1-2, the Lord reveals—or, at a bare minimum, starts dropping some big hints—that he will be quite comfortable becoming a human being himself someday.
Thanksgiving utters a confession of dependence, an acknowledgement of the gift of something not earned or deserved.
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