1. Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.
  2. Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
  3. Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
  4. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  5. God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
  6. C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
  7. The following poem was written by Tanner Olson to accompany 1517’s 2023 Advent Resources, The Clothing of the King. Advent begins this Sunday.
  8. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  9. The Lord has remembered to help his servant Israel, to fulfill his promises to Abraham and to his offspring forever, not mostly or mainly because of his mercy, but exclusively so.
  10. 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.
  11. Lewis takes us to the planets to satisfy our cravings for spiritual adventure, which, as he says, “sends our imaginations off the Earth,” in the first place.