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. 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. 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?
  6. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  7. 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.
  8. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  9. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  10. Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
  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.