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. 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.”
  5. This day and its meaning provided the opportunity for an anonymous author to write a poem for Sheer Thursday about Judas' betrayal of Jesus.
  6. Are you on the receiving end of freedom? Or are you trying to make yourself free?
  7. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
  8. This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
  9. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  10. He was rooted in his own tradition but gracious with others when they wanted to learn about his faith or their own.
  11. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  12. In a world—and even a church—full of distractions, thank God for Rod Rosenbladt. He pointed us to Jesus and Jesus alone.