1. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  2. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  3. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  4. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  5. 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).
  6. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
  7. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  8. 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.
  9. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  10. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  11. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.