1. Any message other than "Christ for you" is not good news.
  2. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  3. The legacy of Jonah is troubled with most remembering him not for what he said but for what he did: run away.
  4. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  5. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  6. 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.
  7. When God remembers his covenant with Noah and causes the flood to subside, he also chooses to forget.
  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).