1. Sing of Jesus’ Easter victory for you, and watch Satan flee with his worries and cares!
  2. Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
  3. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  4. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  5. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  6. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  7. 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.
  8. 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?
  9. 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.
  10. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  11. 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).