1. 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.
  2. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  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 is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  5. 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.
  6. You are not alone if you find it difficult to wrap your mind around the auspices of the Old Testament sacrificial system.
  7. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  8. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  9. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
  10. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  11. Some explanations are better than others, but they remain our explanations—except if we had some perspective from outside, above, and behind nature.
  12. Unprompted, without any warning, for no reason at all, without any instigation say, "I love you." And that will wash over your parents like a beautiful absolution.