1. What does professional wrestling and preaching have in common?
  2. What (if anything) makes a sermon distinctive?
  3. This feast is the Gospel, “the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.”
  4. In this article Amy Mantravadi give a short but helpful summary of the differences in Lutheran and Reformed thought regarding assurance.
  5. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  6. Finding rest in God when the “what ifs”come calling
  7. As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
  8. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  9. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  10. What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
  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.