1. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  2. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  3. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  4. Sing of Jesus’ Easter victory for you, and watch Satan flee with his worries and cares!
  5. This hymn is not for people who feel strong, but those who are weak.
  6. May you believe, in this thin-line world, that this Jesus is for you, not against you.
  7. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  8. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  9. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  10. 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.
  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).