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. 1517 would not exist without the leadership, friendship, and faithfulness of Pastor Ron Hodel.
  6. Lent means that we do not have to look to ourselves but can look to our neighbor in love as Christ has loved us.
  7. I may feel today that the Lord has not found me, but in fact he has – he is intimately acquainted with all my ways.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons is now available through 1517 Publishing