1. A Christian story untethered from the reality of Christ and his mercy toward sinners becomes a mere fable, while a sermon disconnected from the hearts of its listeners remains a hollow oratory.
  2. Eucatastrophe is the coming untrue of all sin, evil, and death. And where that starts is the empty tomb of the risen Jesus.
  3. When Jesus appeared again to his disciples on that first Easter evening and again a week later with Thomas and the Emmaus disciples, what did Jesus show them? His hands.
  4. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  5. Don’t get in the habit (or, if you already do it, get out of the habit) of saying, “I could never talk about these things the way my pastor does.”
  6. This day and its meaning provided the opportunity for an anonymous author to write a poem for Sheer Thursday about Judas' betrayal of Jesus.
  7. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
  8. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  9. There is no justification by the works of the law
  10. No plot spoilers here just some really Good News
  11. Any message other than "Christ for you" is not good news.
  12. Matthew 22 sees Jesus address Jewish legal debates. In the process, he makes disticntions between the Law and Gospel.