1. In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
  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. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  5. 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.
  6. 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).
  7. 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?
  8. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  9. This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  10. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  11. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  12. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.