1. We assert, we herald, the truth about God becoming King of the world in and through Jesus of Nazareth alone. It is our public announcement.
  2. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  3. If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give
  4. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  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. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  7. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
  8. It seems to me that our greatest task is not that of seeking skills and methods whereby we can inject power into the gospel, but simply to beware lest we obscure the power that the gospel is
  9. This is an excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  10. 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.
  11. Increasingly, to forgive is seen as winking at evil, as shrugging one’s moral shoulders, and as being complicit.