1. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
  2. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  3. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  4. If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
  5. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  6. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  7. Nothing moves or drives Paul more than preaching about “Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).
  8. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  9. 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.
  10. Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
  11. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  12. This sermon was originally given at Luther Seminary chapel on May 20, 1986.