1. How can we be sure that we are getting a “solid spiritual diet” and not a “milky” one?
  2. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  3. 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).
  4. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  5. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  6. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  7. This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  8. The needs of the people remain the same, but now the people are you and me. We still sin, and that sin causes so many challenges in our lives.
  9. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
  10. What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
  11. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  12. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.