1. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  2. Walther’s living legacy is his enduring teaching on how to distinguish the law and the gospel in the Church’s proclamation.
  3. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  4. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  5. 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.
  6. Only by accurately and honestly reporting the views of those with whom we disagree can we then properly address and refute them. This is the approach Solberg has taken.
  7. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  8. 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?
  9. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  10. 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.
  11. 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).