1. We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
  2. At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
  3. One way or another, Rod always found a way to bring whatever story he was telling back to the gospel and God's grace in Christ.
  4. In a world—and even a church—full of distractions, thank God for Rod Rosenbladt. He pointed us to Jesus and Jesus alone.
  5. 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.
  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. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  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.