1. Theology and history go hand in hand in the real person of Jesus Christ, making the truth of the Gospels profoundly human and powerfully meaningful.
  2. As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
  3. 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.
  4. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  5. What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
  6. 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.
  7. This is an edited excerpt from the conclusion of The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics, edited by John Bombaro and Adam Francisco. (1517 Publishing, 2016).
  8. Jesus weeps because his heart pulses with furious rage and fierce love.
  9. Christ shows up in the middle of our storms and our nightmares. That’s where he sets up shop.
  10. Is salvation by the law or not? Moses or Jesus? Indeed, we find a fundamental parting of the ways put forward here, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
  11. 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.
  12. I’ve experienced firsthand the promise that God never leaves a congregation empty-handed.