1. The cross not only stands as the measure of our hatred of God but also as the measure of God’s love for us.
  2. The gospel is for sinners – both the tax collector and Pharisee, both in need of the Great Physician.
  3. God chose Russell Brand, chose to defy his fast-escaping life and drink up all his swift-running sin in the River Thames.
  4. The profound significance of Christ’s resurrection comes from the threefold justification it provides: it justifies the sinner, the sinner’s hope, and God himself.
  5. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  6. A Christian story untethered from the reality of Christ and his mercy toward sinners becomes a mere fable, while a sermon disconnected from the hearts of its listeners remains a hollow oratory.
  7. In Israel today, it's still possible to witness the same scene the disciples saw 2000 years ago when the Bedouin shepherds bring their flocks home from various pastures at the end of the day.
  8. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  9. The price was really paid. Your sin remains buried in Christ’s tomb.
  10. The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
  11. When Jesus appeared again to his disciples on that first Easter evening and again a week later with Thomas and the Emmaus disciples, what did Jesus show them? His hands.
  12. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.