1. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  2. You are not alone if you find it difficult to wrap your mind around the auspices of the Old Testament sacrificial system.
  3. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  4. 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.
  5. 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).
  6. The needs of the people remain the same, but now the people are you and me. We still sin, and that sin causes so many challenges in our lives.
  7. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  8. Nothing moves or drives Paul more than preaching about “Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).
  9. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  10. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
  11. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  12. I can guarantee you that when Paul was overtaken by the Spirit and inspired to write these words, he did not have in mind your local school's boys' basketball tournament.