1. We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
  2. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
  3. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
  4. It seems to me that our greatest task is not that of seeking skills and methods whereby we can inject power into the gospel, but simply to beware lest we obscure the power that the gospel is
  5. Jesus remakes us, rebuilds us, and resurrects us so the demons that hide in the cracks cannot get ahold of us, the devil cannot break us, and hell will never know us.
  6. When we cry to the Lord in our trouble, he will send us a preacher with words that deliver us from destruction.
  7. This is an excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  8. It’s the notion of mercy that leads us to the atonement, and it is the atonement that provides a foundational basis for the justification of sinners.
  9. 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).
  10. One of the primary reasons we do not have to fear the future is because the future is certain in Christ.