1. At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
  2. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  3. In a world—and even a church—full of distractions, thank God for Rod Rosenbladt. He pointed us to Jesus and Jesus alone.
  4. In the Word, you find peace. It proclaims peace first between you and God because of Jesus. That empowers you to deal peacefully with others and brings you peace of mind.
  5. God never delights in seeing his children struggle or suffer. But God does desire that we trust him no matter what the circumstances might look like.
  6. When we believe in Jesus as the true and better fulfillment of every promise made to Abraham, we, too, are counted as righteous in the same way that he was — by faith.
  7. Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
  8. The essence of what it means to be a son or daughter of Abraham, an inheritor of the Abrahamic promise, was irrevocably tethered to faith.
  9. Anderson encourages us to meditate upon the ways that Christ truly is the end of our exploring.
  10. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  11. Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
  12. Paul has zero patience for the gospel of God to be called into question, especially when the ones questioning it are the ones who should’ve known better.