1. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  2. This week we are taking a closer look at 1 Corinthians 15:14-19 and what we lose if Christ has not been raised from the dead.
  3. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  4. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  5. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  6. If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
  7. 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).
  8. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  9. What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
  10. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  11. Nothing moves or drives Paul more than preaching about “Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).
  12. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.