1. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  2. Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
  3. Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
  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. 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.
  6. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  7. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!
  8. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  9. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
  10. 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
  11. Christ is not an idea. He isn’t a concept. He isn’t a religious notion or sentiment. He isn’t a product. He is the Savior, flesh and blood.
  12. Jesus remakes us, rebuilds us, and resurrects us so the demons that hide in the cracks cannot get ahold of us, the devil cannot break us, and hell will never know us.