1. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  2. Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
  3. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  4. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  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. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  7. Paul thinks the consequences of Christ not being raised are worse for those who believe than those who never did if it were to be true Christ was not raised.
  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. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
  12. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.