1. Luther's September Testament not only shaped the reformers’ theology but also was as big an influence on the German language as Shakespeare was for English.
  2. This is an excerpt from chapter 1 of “A Shepherd’s Letter: The Faith Once and For All Delivered to the Evangelical Church” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2022).
  3. When we cry to the Lord in our trouble, he will send us a preacher with words that deliver us from destruction.
  4. 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).
  5. The one who embodies the dove, that is, the Holy Spirit will be mounted upon the staff of Calvary.
  6. Being the baptized just may be the last, great resistance.
  7. The legal record of debt for our sin was canceled because Jesus satisfied the legal demands for us by his life, death, and resurrection.
  8. If you are going to lose your life for the gospel’s sake, you must begin by hearing it.
  9. Our value and our values, our life, our everything is from Jesus Christ given to us as a gift.
  10. God is consistently rooting us in reality—both what is seen and unseen—because that is where he is.