1. Amy Mantravadi asks if we should forgive others even if they are not repentant
  2. No plot spoilers here just some really Good News
  3. Any message other than "Christ for you" is not good news.
  4. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  5. Matthew 22 sees Jesus address Jewish legal debates. In the process, he makes disticntions between the Law and Gospel.
  6. How the ancient view of "guts" is a lively metaphor of promise
  7. Human solutions to problems, important as they are, are inadequate to meet our deepest needs
  8. Every Christian should understand what it means to have a Great High Priest
  9. Jesus is always interceding for us
  10. Christ reshapes what forgivness means and why it's important
  11. As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
  12. If poetry elevates its subject, we could also say the reverse: the subject, in this case, the Most High God, elevates the language.