1. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  2. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  3. Bathed in the waters of baptism, you are placed in God's path of totality, a path he won for each and every one of us.
  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. The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.
  6. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  7. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  8. Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
  9. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  10. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  11. Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
  12. What does professional wrestling and preaching have in common?