1. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  2. Jesus continues to do the same for me and for you as he did for his disciples. He still shows up for us. He still speaks his peace to us.
  3. Jonah’s biggest blunder was a failure to understand that God’s grace is always undeserved and always falls on those who are unworthy of it.
  4. For Paul, the hope of the resurrection was the ultimate antidote whenever his circumstances tempted him to despair or to "lose heart."
  5. This article is written by guest contributor, Aaron Boerst.
  6. Don’t get in the habit (or, if you already do it, get out of the habit) of saying, “I could never talk about these things the way my pastor does.”
  7. Defy the world with its “oughts” and “shoulds,” for in Christ, it is finished.
  8. The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.
  9. The death and resurrection did indeed really happen. They are accomplished historical facts, and by them, so too is the forgiveness of our sins and justification before God.
  10. This article is written by guest contributor, Aaron Boerst
  11. The relationship with God through Christ and renewal in his image in Christ cannot be taken away or compromised through suffering.
  12. St. Patrick was great but only because he was a slave to Christ.