1. Now more than ever, it's good to take a closer look at the Christian confession about evil, pain, and suffering.
  2. Sin is driven by disordered love, and it is love in this sense that leads to all the pain and suffering in the world.
  3. That unremarkable trip to the zoo on September 28, 1931, was the last in a long line of experiences that brought C.S. Lewis (Jack) back to the faith.
  4. What does it mean that holding to Jesus’ teaching will set us free? Which teaching? What will we be set free from?
  5. This is an excerpt from “Crucifying Religion” written by Donavon Riley (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  6. This is an excerpt from the book, “Paul and the Resurrection” written by Joshua Pagán (1517 Publishing, 2020).
  7. Jesus is our confidence because he reveals truth from falsehood, right from wrong, and reality from appearance, so that we may rely on him for our every need of body, soul, and mind.
  8. Miracles, for all their wonder and encouragement, rely on the dazzling of our senses to work. Because miracle-faith produces sensory-faith, it is of a poor quality.
  9. Apart from God's word, we will judge the right to be wrong and evil people as good.
  10. By basing our assurance on the promises of God, which we not only hope for in the future but live in now, the Christian can finally rest in the comfort that they are both saved and not responsible for their own salvation.
  11. We must not submit ourselves to false gods and godless men. Instead, we may hold fast to Christ, because He’s holding fast to us.
  12. The disciplines of history and archaeology have assisted in demonstrating the integrity and accuracy of the Bible.