1. This day and its meaning provided the opportunity for an anonymous author to write a poem for Sheer Thursday about Judas' betrayal of Jesus.
  2. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
  3. This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
  4. Rod Rosenbladt, the encourager of all things good, true, and beautiful and a tireless warrior for Jesus and the Gospel message, finally rests at the marriage feast of the lamb.
  5. We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
  6. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  7. He was rooted in his own tradition but gracious with others when they wanted to learn about his faith or their own.
  8. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  9. One way or another, Rod always found a way to bring whatever story he was telling back to the gospel and God's grace in Christ.
  10. In a world—and even a church—full of distractions, thank God for Rod Rosenbladt. He pointed us to Jesus and Jesus alone.
  11. Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
  12. My goal here isn’t to selfishly reflect on all the reasons I will miss Rod because I know that if you are reading this, you may miss this man, too.