1. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  2. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  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. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  5. 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?
  6. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  7. 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.
  8. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  9. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
  10. As disciples of Jesus, our righteousness cannot be performed before others, because our righteousness was already performed by Jesus.
  11. If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.