1. 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.
  2. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  3. 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.
  4. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  5. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  6. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  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. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  9. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
  10. Unprompted, without any warning, for no reason at all, without any instigation say, "I love you." And that will wash over your parents like a beautiful absolution.
  11. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  12. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.