1. We may not all be mass-murdering Nazis. But we all have the same root sin that causes the most egregious criminal activity on the face of the earth. We all have the desire to be our own God.
  2. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  3. It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
  4. 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.
  5. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  6. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  7. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  8. 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?
  9. 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.
  10. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  11. Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
  12. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.