1. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  2. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  3. 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).
  4. This week we are taking a closer look at 1 Corinthians 15:14-19 and what we lose if Christ has not been raised from the dead.
  5. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  6. If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
  7. 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).
  8. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  9. What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
  10. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  11. Nothing moves or drives Paul more than preaching about “Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).
  12. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.