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. This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
  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. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  6. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  7. He was rooted in his own tradition but gracious with others when they wanted to learn about his faith or their own.
  8. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  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. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.
  11. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  12. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.