1. This is an excerpt from chapter 9 of “What Can Really Know?: The Strengths and Limits of Human Understanding” by David Andersen (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  2. No matter how far away they wander, God always hears the prayers of his children.
  3. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  4. God cares about our real life where we actually are. He is present in the everyday.
  5. We number our days not according to our timeframe but according to God’s work and his rhythms.
  6. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  7. Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
  8. Walther’s living legacy is his enduring teaching on how to distinguish the law and the gospel in the Church’s proclamation.
  9. The only way to change the current state of worship songwriting and production is to create something different.
  10. How can we be sure that we are getting a “solid spiritual diet” and not a “milky” one?
  11. Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.