1. In the Reformation, as in the tabernacle, God gave skill, artistry, and craftsmanship to put his Word in images so that through art, his Word would be revealed.
  2. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!
  3. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
  4. 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.
  5. When we cry to the Lord in our trouble, he will send us a preacher with words that deliver us from destruction.
  6. One of the primary reasons we do not have to fear the future is because the future is certain in Christ.
  7. The one who embodies the dove, that is, the Holy Spirit will be mounted upon the staff of Calvary.
  8. Increasingly, to forgive is seen as winking at evil, as shrugging one’s moral shoulders, and as being complicit.
  9. A group of unassuming apostles was given a graphic illustration of how the Lord would use them to turn the world right-side-up through the upside-down logic of grace.