1. 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.
  2. Don't lose hope. Don't avoid church on Sunday morning.
  3. Our comfort in this seemingly endless age of crisis after crisis is the inexhaustible hope of Jesus’s reversal.
  4. God has a plan for this world that he put into place from eternity, a plan that is carried out in Jesus Christ and promises unimaginably great blessings for believers.
  5. Your loving Lord is not oblivious to your pain and sadness.
  6. 1517 would not exist without the leadership, friendship, and faithfulness of Pastor Ron Hodel.
  7. We worry about the fact our days are as grass – so we try to scratch out a place for ourselves, to make a permanent, lasting place, to climb to higher places and succeed, more often than not, only to hurt each other in the process.
  8. I wanted the devotions of this book to be a source of strength for everyone who has waited all night to see the sun come up again.
  9. This book is not in your hands so that we can simply commiserate with each other’s difficulties. It is meant to pierce your sin-darkened night with the light of God’s Word.
  10. God is not a preoccupied parent, he’s an invested and interested tender loving Father. He values what perplexes us.
  11. 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.
  12. The sword of the spirit in Holy Scripture does indeed show us our sin, but thanks be to God, it also shows us our Savior.