1. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  2. This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
  3. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  4. Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
  5. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  6. 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.
  7. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  8. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  9. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  10. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
  11. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  12. As disciples of Jesus, our righteousness cannot be performed before others, because our righteousness was already performed by Jesus.