1. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  2. Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
  3. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  4. God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
  5. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  6. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  7. The Lord has remembered to help his servant Israel, to fulfill his promises to Abraham and to his offspring forever, not mostly or mainly because of his mercy, but exclusively so.
  8. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  9. It is of the utmost importance that pastors teach their congregation that through faith in Jesus Christ, they are fortified against the machinations of the adversary.
  10. God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.
  11. 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).