1. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  2. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  3. 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.
  4. We are not pursuing dragons; we are the dragons. We are, all of us, Eustace Scrubb.
  5. 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.
  6. He shows up when we are at our worst to usher us back to his side, lead us to repentance, rescue us, and reclaim us as his own.
  7. The driving impulse of Lent isn’t so much “giving up” things as it is “putting on” something.
  8. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  9. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.