1. 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.
  2. Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
  3. Just like for Mordecai and Esther, our lives are also sustained by the hand of God in the ordinary, in events begging to be seen as the work of Christ in our lives.
  4. When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
  5. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  6. This hymn is not for people who feel strong, but those who are weak.
  7. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  8. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  9. 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).
  10. 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.
  11. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  12. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?