1. 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.
  2. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  3. 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.
  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. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  6. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to 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 can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  9. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  10. Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.
  11. 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.
  12. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.