1. When God remembers his covenant with Noah and causes the flood to subside, he also chooses to forget.
  2. This week, we’ll take a closer look at what it means to have a God who remembers us. Today, 1517 Scholar in Residence Chad Bird first introduces the Old Testament meaning behind the word and the Hebrew way of remembering.
  3. Faith sees your neighbor not as a means to an end, not as a way to score points, but as an object of love: Christ's love and yours.
  4. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  5. The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.
  6. What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
  7. Jesus’s story in Luke 16 draws definitive attention to whom God helps — namely, God always comes close in order to help those who cannot help themselves.
  8. It is of the utmost importance that pastors teach their congregation that through faith in Jesus Christ, they are fortified against the machinations of the adversary.
  9. Christ shows up in the middle of our storms and our nightmares. That’s where he sets up shop.
  10. While midnight might seem long, the mercy of God assures us that the morning will come.
  11. This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  12. I’ve experienced firsthand the promise that God never leaves a congregation empty-handed.