1. Chains may have restricted Paul, but nothing can restrict the gospel.
  2. The existence of aliens can not negate the promise given to us by God courtesy of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  3. It was meant to be Karlstadt’s moment to shine, but all anyone remembered was Luther.
  4. As Luther said, “Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf of spring.”
  5. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  6. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  7. Church historians attempt to determine why Melanchthon made those controversial decisions.
  8. When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
  9. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  10. Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
  11. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  12. 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).