1. When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
  2. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  3. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  4. This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
  5. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  6. This hymn is not for people who feel strong, but those who are weak.
  7. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  8. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  9. 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.
  10. This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  11. 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?