1. 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?
  2. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  3. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  4. 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.
  5. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
  6. I can guarantee you that when Paul was overtaken by the Spirit and inspired to write these words, he did not have in mind your local school's boys' basketball tournament.
  7. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  8. Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
  9. Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
  10. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  11. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
  12. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.