1. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  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. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  5. 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).
  6. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  7. When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.
  8. Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.
  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. 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.
  11. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  12. 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.