1. Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.
  2. The opponents of Father Brown thought that debunking the fake resurrection of Father Brown would discredit the good news of Christ's resurrection. The truth, however, is the other way around.
  3. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
  4. The church is called to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. Where is that message found? In every blade of grass, on every page of Scripture.
  5. This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
  6. He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
  7. Your champion steps forward.
  8. He shows up when we are at our worst to usher us back to his side, lead us to repentance, rescue us, and reclaim us as his own.
  9. We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
  10. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  11. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  12. He was rooted in his own tradition but gracious with others when they wanted to learn about his faith or their own.