1. The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
  2. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  3. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
  4. 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.
  5. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  6. This is an excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  7. 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).
  8. “There,” the Queen said, “That’s so much better than talking, isn’t it?”
  9. At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.