1. 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.
  2. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.
  3. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Anderson encourages us to meditate upon the ways that Christ truly is the end of our exploring.
  7. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  8. This feast is the Gospel, “the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.”
  9. In this article Amy Mantravadi give a short but helpful summary of the differences in Lutheran and Reformed thought regarding assurance.
  10. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  11. How can he say it? How can he say that Christ is after all the entire meaning of life for him, and that death is no real worry?