1. How the pumpkin patch has a lot to teach us about the love and work of Christ
  2. Human solutions to problems, important as they are, are inadequate to meet our deepest needs
  3. How Leviticus 17 is a key passage for understanding atonement
  4. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  5. The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.
  6. While midnight might seem long, the mercy of God assures us that the morning will come.
  7. This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  8. I’ve experienced firsthand the promise that God never leaves a congregation empty-handed.
  9. God’s published will offers us anchorage, the anchorage of Jesus Christ, in the midst of chaos, reminding us that there is a greater purpose to our lives than the pursuit of worldly success or fleeting pleasures.
  10. While we wait in tribulation for our white robes (or pants) to be washed in the blood of the Lamb, we confess to one another our seen and unseen stains.
  11. The Holy Spirit unleashes his power through us, his vines, and we then get to watch as his fruits blossom and ripen.
  12. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.