1. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
  2. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  3. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!
  4. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  5. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. This is an excerpt from chapter 1 of “A Shepherd’s Letter: The Faith Once and For All Delivered to the Evangelical Church” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2022).
  9. When we cry to the Lord in our trouble, he will send us a preacher with words that deliver us from destruction.
  10. This is an excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).