1. Walther’s living legacy is his enduring teaching on how to distinguish the law and the gospel in the Church’s proclamation.
  2. The only way to change the current state of worship songwriting and production is to create something different.
  3. How can we be sure that we are getting a “solid spiritual diet” and not a “milky” one?
  4. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  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. 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).
  7. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  8. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  9. Paul thinks the consequences of Christ not being raised are worse for those who believe than those who never did if it were to be true Christ was not raised.
  10. If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.
  11. 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?