1. God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.
  2. This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  3. In the tumultuous sea of information, opinions, and ideologies that break over us each day, we hold fast to the anchor of our faith—Jesus, the true prophet.
  4. If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.
  5. The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
  6. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  7. Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
  8. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  9. May you believe, in this thin-line world, that this Jesus is for you, not against you.
  10. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  11. This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).