1. It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
  2. This is an excerpt from chapter 9 of “What Can Really Know?: The Strengths and Limits of Human Understanding” by David Andersen (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  3. No matter how far away they wander, God always hears the prayers of his children.
  4. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  5. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  6. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  7. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  8. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  9. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  10. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  11. This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Common Places in Christian Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly,” edited by Mark Mattes (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  12. The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.