1. 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).
  2. In the tumultuous sea of information, opinions, and ideologies that break over us each day, we hold fast to the anchor of our faith—Jesus, the true prophet.
  3. The existence of aliens can not negate the promise given to us by God courtesy of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  4. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  5. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  6. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  7. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  8. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  9. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  10. This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  11. If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.
  12. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?