1. For you who are struggling to navigate grief, to cope with pain, or breathe through anxiety, the gospel announces that there is a person whose heart throbs for you.
  2. Some part of us always wants our ability under the law to be just as important (or more) than grace.
  3. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  4. 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.
  5. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  6. Jonah’s biggest blunder was a failure to understand that God’s grace is always undeserved and always falls on those who are unworthy of it.
  7. For Paul, the hope of the resurrection was the ultimate antidote whenever his circumstances tempted him to despair or to "lose heart."
  8. 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.”
  9. St. Patrick was great but only because he was a slave to Christ.
  10. Patrick's breakthrough came when he began to leverage his knowledge of the native language and customs to build a bridge between Irish lore and the Christian mythos.
  11. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  12. The church is called to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. Where is that message found? In every blade of grass, on every page of Scripture.