1. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  2. Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
  3. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  4. In an autobiographical telling, Gretchen Ronnevik shares the fate of two different fathers and the hope she has in Christ.
  5. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  6. We do not choose our struggles, but there is One who has chosen to always be with us.
  7. Theology and history go hand in hand in the real person of Jesus Christ, making the truth of the Gospels profoundly human and powerfully meaningful.
  8. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  9. Lord, remember us to remind us, that we may know all good things come from you.
  10. This is an edited excerpt from the conclusion of The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics, edited by John Bombaro and Adam Francisco. (1517 Publishing, 2016).
  11. 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.
  12. 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.