1. The existence of aliens can not negate the promise given to us by God courtesy of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  2. It was meant to be Karlstadt’s moment to shine, but all anyone remembered was Luther.
  3. As Luther said, “Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf of spring.”
  4. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  5. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  6. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  7. Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
  8. Church historians attempt to determine why Melanchthon made those controversial decisions.
  9. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  10. The Lord’s Prayer is liturgy and catechism, action and instruction, praxis and theology.
  11. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  12. Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.