1. Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
  2. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  3. 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.
  4. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  5. 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."
  6. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  7. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  8. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  9. The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.
  10. From the beginning to the end of his letter, John really wants one thing: for us to be in Jesus.
  11. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.