1. Five promises were seemingly all those apostles, staring into the sky, had to go on. Five promises that were more than enough.
  2. 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.
  3. Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.
  4. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  5. C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
  6. Finding rest in God when the “what ifs”come calling
  7. While midnight might seem long, the mercy of God assures us that the morning will come.
  8. If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.
  9. Christ Jesus brings his word and presence to where you are and he is even willing to do so through the likes of your personally present pastor.
  10. Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
  11. Predestination, Jim knew, is no longer a frightening doctrine of mystery when you understand that God makes his choice about you in the simple word of God, given from one sinner to another.