1. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  2. 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.
  3. 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?
  4. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  5. 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.
  6. I can guarantee you that when Paul was overtaken by the Spirit and inspired to write these words, he did not have in mind your local school's boys' basketball tournament.
  7. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  8. Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
  9. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  10. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
  11. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  12. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.