1. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  2. 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.
  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. 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?
  5. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
  6. You are not alone if you find it difficult to wrap your mind around the auspices of the Old Testament sacrificial system.
  7. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  8. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  9. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  10. Some explanations are better than others, but they remain our explanations—except if we had some perspective from outside, above, and behind nature.
  11. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
  12. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.