1. Christ's words of exclusive salvation are not just a warning but a sure promise for you.
  2. The only way to change the current state of worship songwriting and production is to create something different.
  3. How can we be sure that we are getting a “solid spiritual diet” and not a “milky” one?
  4. 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.
  5. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  6. 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).
  7. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  8. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  9. This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  10. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  11. The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
  12. When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.