1. 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.
  2. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  3. The driving impulse of Lent isn’t so much “giving up” things as it is “putting on” something.
  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. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  10. How’s your ticker?
  11. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  12. God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more