1. 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.
  2. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  3. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  4. 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.
  5. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  6. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  7. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
  8. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  9. 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.
  10. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  11. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.