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 greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  3. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  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. 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).
  6. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  7. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  8. Many people have struggled to understand Leviticus and Old Testament worship in general. Here is a handbook or map to navigate these subjects, and to see their relationship to Christ and his saving work.
  9. 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).
  10. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  11. The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
  12. When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.