1. St. Patrick was great but only because he was a slave to Christ.
  2. Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.
  3. The opponents of Father Brown thought that debunking the fake resurrection of Father Brown would discredit the good news of Christ's resurrection. The truth, however, is the other way around.
  4. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
  5. He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
  6. Your champion steps forward.
  7. 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.
  8. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
  12. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.