1. We can do nothing to warrant entry into the kingdom of God nor are we getting in if we think a seat at God’s table is something to which we are entitled.
  2. Instead of a death sentence, those brothers hear the words of deliverance.
  3. I have to believe that grace - God’s grace - will be waiting on the other side.
  4. The cross not only stands as the measure of our hatred of God but also as the measure of God’s love for us.
  5. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of these early Lutheran hymns – and their physical availability in hymnals – in the piety of common people living in Lutheran towns and territories.
  6. Five promises were seemingly all those apostles, staring into the sky, had to go on. Five promises that were more than enough.
  7. Some part of us always wants our ability under the law to be just as important (or more) than grace.
  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. Applying the pressure of law to ensure you do not to take grace for granted squeezes the life and power out of the gospel.