1. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  2. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
  3. 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.
  4. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  5. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  6. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
  7. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.
  8. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  9. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  10. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  11. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  12. No plot spoilers here just some really Good News