1. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  2. 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?
  3. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  4. 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.
  5. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  6. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
  7. As disciples of Jesus, our righteousness cannot be performed before others, because our righteousness was already performed by Jesus.
  8. If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.
  9. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
  10. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  11. Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
  12. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.