1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  4. 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.
  5. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  6. At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
  7. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  8. 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.
  9. In a world—and even a church—full of distractions, thank God for Rod Rosenbladt. He pointed us to Jesus and Jesus alone.
  10. 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.
  11. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.
  12. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.