1. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  2. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  3. Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
  4. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  5. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  6. In Memory of My Friend, James Arne Nestingen
  7. Toy Story is indeed a Christmas story.
  8. While the world is full of horizons and endpoints, for Christians, there is always tomorrow, and there are people in that tomorrow waiting for us as we wait for them.
  9. From the beginning to the end of his letter, John really wants one thing: for us to be in Jesus.
  10. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  11. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.