1. Hidden beneath the sinner is a glorious saint. Jesus has declared it to be so in your baptism.
  2. Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
  3. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  4. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  5. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  6. Toy Story is indeed a Christmas story.
  7. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  8. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  9. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
  10. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  11. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
  12. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.