1. This is an excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  2. It’s the notion of mercy that leads us to the atonement, and it is the atonement that provides a foundational basis for the justification of sinners.
  3. This is an excerpt from “All Charges Dropped! Devotional Narratives from Earthly Courtrooms to the Throne of Grace,” written by Haroldo Camacho (1517 Publishing, 2022).
  4. One of the primary reasons we do not have to fear the future is because the future is certain in Christ.
  5. The one who embodies the dove, that is, the Holy Spirit will be mounted upon the staff of Calvary.
  6. The smallest amount of Holy Spirit-created faith defeats every antichrist belief we hold.
  7. This is an excerpt from “All Charges Dropped! Devotional Narratives from Earthly Courtrooms to the Throne of Grace,” written by Haroldo Camacho (1517 Publishing, 2022).
  8. The power of the Word of God is the power of God himself, for he is always faithful to his Word.
  9. 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.
  10. There is no true “self” apart from God. Anything so surmised is caught up in the meaninglessness that is death.
  11. Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.