1. In that moment of greatest despair, we find the antidote for all our fears. We know we are beloved of God and there is salvation in Christ’s atoning death.
  2. In the tumultuous sea of information, opinions, and ideologies that break over us each day, we hold fast to the anchor of our faith—Jesus, the true prophet.
  3. A pastor is sent to proclaim the unconditional grace of God, reminding us again and again that it is our Heavenly Father who reaches out to us in love through his Christ-won forgiveness, and not the other way around.
  4. Chains may have restricted Paul, but nothing can restrict the gospel.
  5. It was meant to be Karlstadt’s moment to shine, but all anyone remembered was Luther.
  6. Grace comes for every foolish, self-absorbed sinner, for every “Nabal,” and announces that there is one who has already taken it upon himself to shoulder all of our wrongdoing, paying the price for it through the sacrifice of himself.
  7. As Luther said, “Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf of spring.”
  8. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  9. 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.
  10. Church historians attempt to determine why Melanchthon made those controversial decisions.
  11. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  12. This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.