1. If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.
  2. The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
  3. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  4. Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
  5. This is an excerpt from chapter 9 of “What Can Really Know?: The Strengths and Limits of Human Understanding” by David Andersen (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  6. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  7. May you believe, in this thin-line world, that this Jesus is for you, not against you.
  8. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  9. 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).
  10. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  11. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.