1. The waiting of Advent isn’t just for Christmas; it’s for God’s reversal of all sin and evil and his renewal of all things.
  2. Let us rejoice, then, in this grace so that our glory may be the testimony of our conscience wherein we glory not in ourselves but in the Lord (2 Cor. 1:12).
  3. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  4. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  5. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
  6. 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.
  7. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!
  8. This is an excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  9. 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.
  10. One of the primary reasons we do not have to fear the future is because the future is certain in Christ.
  11. The one who embodies the dove, that is, the Holy Spirit will be mounted upon the staff of Calvary.