1. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  2. It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
  3. 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.
  4. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  5. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  6. 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).
  7. 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?
  8. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  9. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  10. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.