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The Chapel Quotes
“Sin is a part of all of our story, not one single person is perfect. Of all the people who have lived here on earth, only one, Jesus Christ has lived the perfect life with a mission in mind to save those who could never be perfect. Jesus died on the cross to forgive us from our sins. We are guilty and in need of being pardoned. We are justified that is (just as if I’d never sinned). The cross offers us a righteousness that is not our own.”
“We are not to be ashamed of Jesus or the cross. How much do you think you have sinned? What is the depth of your debt that you owe to God because of your choices? The cross doesn’t just remove our chains, it gives us a new master. Ultimate freedom is found when we live under God’s authority. The reason we should be the most forgiving people in the world is because we realize how much we have been forgiven. If we’re not able to forgive people, we’re the ones being chained by that, with bitterness and malice and rage in our hearts.”
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“Christian Stylings In Ivory” by composer-musician Don Krueger
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Devotion 03/22/2026
Our Devotion, “Anointed Words” is by Caitlin Wilson of Orland, Indiana, a professional writing major at Taylor University and a freelance writer for The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Church Libraries, Christian Book Previews, and Pathways to God.
Read Matthew 10:16-20
“…for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” Matthew 10:20 (NIV)
A computer tech, Adam, recently came to fix my laptop. While he was working on it, his wife called a few times to ask about dinner. After chuckling, he told me he was her second husband; her first husband had been abusive and addicted to alcohol, a nearly fatal combination. She ran away from her first husband, divorced him, and then met Adam.
Adam realized they both needed counseling and to plug into a church, but his home church refused to help because of his wife’s divorce. He was hurt by this attitude and no longer attended any church. After silently praying how I could show Christ’s love to this man, words came pouring out of my mouth, words that were in no way mine. Adam listened, and what I said seemed to touch his heart. He left with a smile. I realized then that God still uses His Spirit to speak through us.
Lord, use me and speak through me. Amen.
Book Review 03/18/2026
This Book Review is by Joshua Henreckson, a professional writing major at Taylor University.
Renegade: Martin Luther, the Graphic Biograph
By Andrea Grosso Ciponte and Dacia Palmerino
Plough Publishing House, PB, 160 pages
In many ways, Renegade is not what you’d expect. It’s a biography, but told in graphic novel format. It’s the story of Martin Luther, but it focuses nearly as much on social and political upheaval after the Reformation as it does on familiar stories of Luther’s time as a guilt-stricken monk or the nailing of his 95 theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg. It’s a book aimed decidedly at a Christian audience, but which does not shy away from frightening and violent imagery or mild swearing. So, does this unique graphic novel hold up?
In one sense, at least, it does. Renegade makes Luther’s story easy to engage with. If the two artists and writers’ goal was to give a brief, entertaining overview of his life, they have mostly succeeded. The book is competently, if a bit simplistically, laid out, and the panels are not usually overcluttered with exposition. The book’s dimensions are fairly large, which gives the art plenty of space to breathe. Renegade feels weighty in your hands, but is relatively quick to read once you start turning pages.
Unfortunately, the briefness of the story sometimes feels more like a concession to the format than a conscious stylistic choice. Renegade’s most glaring weakness is its pacing. Some events in Luther’s life are covered in adequate detail whereas others are glossed over incredibly quickly. The most jarring example is the story of his relationship and marriage to Katharina von Bora. The two are seen together for the first time a mere four pages before they are married, which would be forgivable if three of those pages didn’t focus on Luther rejecting her advances.
Another important example comes near the end of the book. Here, the creators commendably portray the anti-Semitic attitudes that Luther displayed at the end of his life. Unfortunately, the issue is inserted into the story bluntly and with little context or explanation, only to be dropped soon after as the story shifts focus to Luther’s death. Readers unfamiliar with Luther’s life and beliefs will likely feel blindsided and may have difficulty discerning whether Luther’s rhetoric is being condemned or glossed over.
Renegade’s chief selling point is its art direction. Some readers may be put off by the somewhat unconventional style. The art is also somewhat inconsistent, with some panels seemingly having had more effort put into them than others. That said, Renegade has a few truly striking pages and experiments with various styles and color palettes to keep the book engaging throughout. The art is significantly stronger in dark, dreamlike, violent, or dramatic moments than in the more mundane moments of Luther’s life.
Renegade is a confusing work. It reaches ambitiously for a unique style and delivery, but often falls flat on its face in the attempt. It’s certainly not for everyone. That said, it has an undeniable charm that will appeal to a niche of readers. With the 500th anniversary of the Reformation so recently past, it may find its place onto some of those readers’ shelves.
Review used by permission of Evangelical Church Library Association (ECLA)
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