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. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  3. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  4. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  5. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
  6. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  7. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  8. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  9. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
  10. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
  11. “So loved,” then isn’t about how much but instead simply how.
  12. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).