1. We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
  2. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  3. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  4. Christ is not an idea. He isn’t a concept. He isn’t a religious notion or sentiment. He isn’t a product. He is the Savior, flesh and blood.
  5. 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.
  6. 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).
  7. 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.
  8. 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).
  9. “There,” the Queen said, “That’s so much better than talking, isn’t it?”