1. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  2. Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
  3. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  4. The Lord’s prayer is a prayer in perfect accord with the will of God, and Jesus gifts it to us to plagiarize at will.
  5. This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
  6. Walther’s living legacy is his enduring teaching on how to distinguish the law and the gospel in the Church’s proclamation.
  7. Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
  8. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  9. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  10. 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.
  11. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  12. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!