1. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  2. 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.
  3. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  4. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  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. 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?
  7. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  8. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  9. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  10. Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
  11. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  12. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.