1. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  2. 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.
  3. Regardless of background or beliefs, every American I talk to seems on edge, as if the sky were about to fall. But the sky is not falling.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  7. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  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. In a world—and even a church—full of distractions, thank God for Rod Rosenbladt. He pointed us to Jesus and Jesus alone.
  11. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
  12. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.