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. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  3. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  4. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.
  5. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  6. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  7. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  8. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  9. How the ancient view of "guts" is a lively metaphor of promise
  10. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  11. It is of the utmost importance that pastors teach their congregation that through faith in Jesus Christ, they are fortified against the machinations of the adversary.
  12. God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.