1. When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
  2. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  3. Sing of Jesus’ Easter victory for you, and watch Satan flee with his worries and cares!
  4. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  5. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  6. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  7. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  8. 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.
  9. 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).
  10. Only by accurately and honestly reporting the views of those with whom we disagree can we then properly address and refute them. This is the approach Solberg has taken.
  11. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.