1. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  2. You’re not new because of what you do. You’re new and so you do new things, even in spite of yourself, because of your sinful nature.
  3. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  4. The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
  5. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  6. Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
  7. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  8. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!
  9. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  10. Christ is not an idea. He isn’t a concept. He isn’t a religious notion or sentiment. He isn’t a product. He is the Savior, flesh and blood.
  11. Luther's September Testament not only shaped the reformers’ theology but also was as big an influence on the German language as Shakespeare was for English.