1. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  2. Yes, Christmas brings joy, but no less danger
  3. In an autobiographical telling, Gretchen Ronnevik shares the fate of two different fathers and the hope she has in Christ.
  4. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  5. We do not choose our struggles, but there is One who has chosen to always be with us.
  6. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  7. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  8. Lord, remember us to remind us, that we may know all good things come from you.
  9. This is an excerpt is from Chapter 1 of Let the Bird Fly: Life in a World Given Back to Us written by Wade Johnston (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  10. Lewis takes us to the planets to satisfy our cravings for spiritual adventure, which, as he says, “sends our imaginations off the Earth,” in the first place.
  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).