1. 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.
  2. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  3. Anderson encourages us to meditate upon the ways that Christ truly is the end of our exploring.
  4. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  5. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  6. This feast is the Gospel, “the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.”
  7. In this article Amy Mantravadi give a short but helpful summary of the differences in Lutheran and Reformed thought regarding assurance.
  8. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  9. How can he say it? How can he say that Christ is after all the entire meaning of life for him, and that death is no real worry?
  10. God knows that when we face insurmountable odds in our moments of weakness, we are more likely to turn to him in trust and reliance.
  11. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.