1. This is an excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  2. This is an excerpt from “All Charges Dropped! Devotional Narratives from Earthly Courtrooms to the Throne of Grace,” written by Haroldo Camacho (1517 Publishing, 2022).
  3. “There,” the Queen said, “That’s so much better than talking, isn’t it?”
  4. At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.
  5. Sometimes I think we should be more tempted to laugh at the gospel than we are, not in derision but in sheer surprise and awe.
  6. The spirit indeed is willing and desires bodily death as a gentle sleep. It does not consider it to be death; it knows no such thing as death.
  7. The world hates Jesus because he comes to lead us to love and forgive all, including our enemies.
  8. There’s no possibility of understanding the grace of Romans 6 and the glory of Romans 8 unless you identify with the excruciating struggle of Romans 7.
  9. The only solution to free will is the announcement from a preacher that the Father forgives us for Christ's sake.
  10. FLAME uses Scripture and church history to argue that baptism is a gospel gift, not our work.