1. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  2. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  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. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  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.