1. He was rooted in his own tradition but gracious with others when they wanted to learn about his faith or their own.
  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. Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
  5. My goal here isn’t to selfishly reflect on all the reasons I will miss Rod because I know that if you are reading this, you may miss this man, too.
  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 the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
  11. What does professional wrestling and preaching have in common?
  12. What (if anything) makes a sermon distinctive?