1. Is salvation by the law or not? Moses or Jesus? Indeed, we find a fundamental parting of the ways put forward here, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
  2. 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.
  3. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  4. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  5. Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
  6. Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
  7. 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.
  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?