1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
  4. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  5. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  6. When we believe in Jesus as the true and better fulfillment of every promise made to Abraham, we, too, are counted as righteous in the same way that he was — by faith.
  7. The essence of what it means to be a son or daughter of Abraham, an inheritor of the Abrahamic promise, was irrevocably tethered to faith.
  8. Amy Mantravadi shares about the importance and influlnce of Martin Chemitz in the predestination controversy.
  9. How’s your ticker?
  10. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  11. In this article Amy Mantravadi give a short but helpful summary of the differences in Lutheran and Reformed thought regarding assurance.
  12. We still think we can sort own own problems with more money, more education, more resources, more techniques, more, more, more.