1. 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?
  2. 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.
  3. You are not alone if you find it difficult to wrap your mind around the auspices of the Old Testament sacrificial system.
  4. Many people have struggled to understand Leviticus and Old Testament worship in general. Here is a handbook or map to navigate these subjects, and to see their relationship to Christ and his saving work.
  5. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  6. Jesus stands before the disciples as the bridge between heaven and earth, and between Old Testament and New Testament.
  7. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  8. This week we will take a closer look at God's love in Scripture.
  9. 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."
  10. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  11. I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
  12. All of Scripture, every last syllable of it, is meant to drive us to "consider Jesus," the One who comes to "make us right" by gifting us his righteousness.