1. This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  2. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  3. Many people have struggled to understand Leviticus and Old Testament worship in general. Here is a handbook or map to navigate these subjects, and to see their relationship to Christ and his saving work.
  4. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  5. This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  6. The earliest followers of God sang their faith, which is no different today as we sing of the hope we have in Jesus.
  7. Psalm 98, with its promise of a sea and mountains singing, takes these imposing natural features and turns them into a praise choir.
  8. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
  9. The worship service is less like servants entering the throne room to wait on the king’s needs and more like a father joining his family around the dining room table.
  10. FLAME uses Scripture and church history to argue that baptism is a gospel gift, not our work.
  11. For Japan’s highly secularized elite, alienated by collapsing opportunity and the materialistic void left behind, Bach’s music was a balm.
  12. The relationship between faith and prayer or belief and worship is mutual. Faith produces prayer and prayer expresses faith.