1. God's faithfulness is constant and consistent. It knows no season. His love for us doesn't fade with the summer sun.
  2. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  3. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  4. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  5. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
  6. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  7. If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.
  8. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  9. Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
  10. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  11. 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.
  12. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.