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. This week we are taking a closer look at 1 Corinthians 15:14-19 and what we lose if Christ has not been raised from the dead.
  5. If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
  6. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  7. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  8. Nothing moves or drives Paul more than preaching about “Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).
  9. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  10. The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.