1. Are you on the receiving end of freedom? Or are you trying to make yourself free?
  2. He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
  3. He shows up when we are at our worst to usher us back to his side, lead us to repentance, rescue us, and reclaim us as his own.
  4. The number forty calls to remembrance narratives of God’s great acts of redemption, but also our conformity to and participation in those narratives.
  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. At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
  7. In the Word, you find peace. It proclaims peace first between you and God because of Jesus. That empowers you to deal peacefully with others and brings you peace of mind.
  8. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  9. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  10. Amy Mantravadi shares about the importance and influlnce of Martin Chemitz in the predestination controversy.
  11. This feast is the Gospel, “the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.”
  12. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?