1. Patrick's breakthrough came when he began to leverage his knowledge of the native language and customs to build a bridge between Irish lore and the Christian mythos.
  2. Are you on the receiving end of freedom? Or are you trying to make yourself free?
  3. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  4. The church is called to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. Where is that message found? In every blade of grass, on every page of Scripture.
  5. Regardless of background or beliefs, every American I talk to seems on edge, as if the sky were about to fall. But the sky is not falling.
  6. 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.
  7. Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
  8. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  9. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  10. At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
  11. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  12. 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.