1. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
  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. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!
  4. This is an excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  5. 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.
  6. One of the primary reasons we do not have to fear the future is because the future is certain in Christ.
  7. The one who embodies the dove, that is, the Holy Spirit will be mounted upon the staff of Calvary.
  8. The power of the Word of God is the power of God himself, for he is always faithful to his Word.
  9. A group of unassuming apostles was given a graphic illustration of how the Lord would use them to turn the world right-side-up through the upside-down logic of grace.
  10. Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.