1. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  2. 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).
  3. Only by accurately and honestly reporting the views of those with whom we disagree can we then properly address and refute them. This is the approach Solberg has taken.
  4. This week we are taking a closer look at 1 Corinthians 15:14-19 and what we lose if Christ has not been raised from the dead.
  5. You are not alone if you find it difficult to wrap your mind around the auspices of the Old Testament sacrificial system.
  6. Many people have struggled to understand Leviticus and Old Testament worship in general. Here is a handbook or map to navigate these subjects, and to see their relationship to Christ and his saving work.
  7. If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
  8. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  9. The needs of the people remain the same, but now the people are you and me. We still sin, and that sin causes so many challenges in our lives.
  10. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
  11. What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
  12. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.