1. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Don't lose hope. Don't avoid church on Sunday morning.
  5. For Japan’s highly secularized elite, alienated by collapsing opportunity and the materialistic void left behind, Bach’s music was a balm.
  6. 1517 would not exist without the leadership, friendship, and faithfulness of Pastor Ron Hodel.
  7. If God ever forgives you, it is not just allowing you to start over and try harder the second time, but it is a whole, new, complete justification that is given as a free gift and without any work of our own—outside the law.
  8. I write this as someone who’s genuinely concerned that American congregants are getting bamboozled by preachers who are giving them less than what they need Sunday after Sunday.
  9. The shepherds are the most unlikely people to play the role the angels cast them in.
  10. Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons is now available through 1517 Publishing