1. As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
  2. The legacy of Jonah is troubled with most remembering him not for what he said but for what he did: run away.
  3. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  4. 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.
  5. When God remembers his covenant with Noah and causes the flood to subside, he also chooses to forget.
  6. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  7. This is an excerpt from Faith in the Face of Tyranny: An Examination of the Bethel Confession Proposed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer & Hermann Sasse in August 1933, written by Torbjörn Johansson and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  8. This is an excerpt is from Chapter 1 of Let the Bird Fly: Life in a World Given Back to Us written by Wade Johnston (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  9. This is an excerpt from Martin Luther’s Commentary on Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians (1535), edited by Haroldo Camacho (1517 Publishing, 2018).
  10. What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
  11. 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.