1. This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
  2. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  3. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  4. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  5. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  6. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  7. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  8. Unprompted, without any warning, for no reason at all, without any instigation say, "I love you." And that will wash over your parents like a beautiful absolution.
  9. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
  10. As disciples of Jesus, our righteousness cannot be performed before others, because our righteousness was already performed by Jesus.
  11. If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.
  12. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.