1. The opponents of Father Brown thought that debunking the fake resurrection of Father Brown would discredit the good news of Christ's resurrection. The truth, however, is the other way around.
  2. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
  3. Your champion steps forward.
  4. We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
  5. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  6. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  7. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  8. If poetry elevates its subject, we could also say the reverse: the subject, in this case, the Most High God, elevates the language.
  9. In that moment of greatest despair, we find the antidote for all our fears. We know we are beloved of God and there is salvation in Christ’s atoning death.
  10. 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).
  11. 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.
  12. The existence of aliens can not negate the promise given to us by God courtesy of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.