1. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  5. 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.
  6. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  7. Don’t get in the habit (or, if you already do it, get out of the habit) of saying, “I could never talk about these things the way my pastor does.”
  8. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  9. Regardless of background or beliefs, every American I talk to seems on edge, as if the sky were about to fall. But the sky is not falling.
  10. He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
  11. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  12. In a world—and even a church—full of distractions, thank God for Rod Rosenbladt. He pointed us to Jesus and Jesus alone.