1. 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.
  2. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  3. 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.
  4. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  5. The driving impulse of Lent isn’t so much “giving up” things as it is “putting on” something.
  6. God never delights in seeing his children struggle or suffer. But God does desire that we trust him no matter what the circumstances might look like.
  7. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  8. Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
  9. The essence of what it means to be a son or daughter of Abraham, an inheritor of the Abrahamic promise, was irrevocably tethered to faith.
  10. Anderson encourages us to meditate upon the ways that Christ truly is the end of our exploring.
  11. This feast is the Gospel, “the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.”
  12. In this article Amy Mantravadi give a short but helpful summary of the differences in Lutheran and Reformed thought regarding assurance.