1. In the tumultuous sea of information, opinions, and ideologies that break over us each day, we hold fast to the anchor of our faith—Jesus, the true prophet.
  2. If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.
  3. The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
  4. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  5. Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
  6. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  7. May you believe, in this thin-line world, that this Jesus is for you, not against you.
  8. In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
  9. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  10. This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  11. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.