1. May you believe, in this thin-line world, that this Jesus is for you, not against you.
  2. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  3. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  4. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  5. 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.
  6. 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?
  7. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  8. 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.
  9. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  10. 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.
  11. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.