1. God’s published will offers us anchorage, the anchorage of Jesus Christ, in the midst of chaos, reminding us that there is a greater purpose to our lives than the pursuit of worldly success or fleeting pleasures.
  2. The existence of aliens can not negate the promise given to us by God courtesy of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  3. What I desperately needed was not to preach to myself, but to listen to a preacher—not to take myself in hand, but to be taken in the hands of the Almighty.
  4. Christ's words of exclusive salvation are not just a warning but a sure promise for you.
  5. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  6. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  7. Only by accurately and honestly reporting the views of those with whom we disagree can we then properly address and refute them. This is the approach Solberg has taken.
  8. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  9. This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Common Places in Christian Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly,” edited by Mark Mattes (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  10. Some explanations are better than others, but they remain our explanations—except if we had some perspective from outside, above, and behind nature.
  11. When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.
  12. Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.