1. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
  2. God gives us the power and authority to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to burdened sinners who entrust us with their pain, guilt, and defeat.
  3. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  4. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  5. In Memory of My Friend, James Arne Nestingen
  6. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  7. A.I. can’t make the proclamatory move that delivers God’s word in a way that is specifically for me.
  8. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  9. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  10. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  11. A theologian is a passive receiver of God’s active revelation about Jesus Christ, his words, works, and ways.
  12. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.