1. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  2. This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
  3. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  4. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  5. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  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. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  8. 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?
  9. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  10. You are not alone if you find it difficult to wrap your mind around the auspices of the Old Testament sacrificial system.
  11. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  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.