1. How can we be sure that we are getting a “solid spiritual diet” and not a “milky” one?
  2. In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
  3. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  4. 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).
  5. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  6. 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.
  7. This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  8. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  9. Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.
  10. There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
  11. Predestination, Jim knew, is no longer a frightening doctrine of mystery when you understand that God makes his choice about you in the simple word of God, given from one sinner to another.
  12. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.