1. Christ's words of exclusive salvation are not just a warning but a sure promise for you.
  2. How can we be sure that we are getting a “solid spiritual diet” and not a “milky” one?
  3. 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.
  4. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  5. 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).
  6. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  7. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  8. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  9. This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Common Places in Christian Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly,” edited by Mark Mattes (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  10. 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.
  11. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  12. Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.