1. 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.
  2. Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
  3. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  4. Walther’s living legacy is his enduring teaching on how to distinguish the law and the gospel in the Church’s proclamation.
  5. Christ's words of exclusive salvation are not just a warning but a sure promise for you.
  6. How can we be sure that we are getting a “solid spiritual diet” and not a “milky” one?
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  10. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  11. 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).
  12. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.