1. 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).
  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. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  4. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  5. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  6. 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).
  7. 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.
  8. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
  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 don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  11. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
  12. I can guarantee you that when Paul was overtaken by the Spirit and inspired to write these words, he did not have in mind your local school's boys' basketball tournament.