1. Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.
  2. There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
  3. We too are God’s baptized, beloved, blood-bought believers. And no one can ever take that away from us.
  4. Hidden beneath the sinner is a glorious saint. Jesus has declared it to be so in your baptism.
  5. The further up and further into the season of Epiphany we get, the bigger the grace of God in Christ is, the brighter the Light of Christ shines, and the more blessed we are in Jesus' epiphany for us.
  6. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  7. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  8. For almost three years, I have produced a weekly video in the series “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.” Here is an index of all the Gospel readings covered so far, with links to their YouTube videos.
  9. Toy Story is indeed a Christmas story.
  10. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  11. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  12. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.