1. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  2. 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.
  3. In Israel today, it's still possible to witness the same scene the disciples saw 2000 years ago when the Bedouin shepherds bring their flocks home from various pastures at the end of the day.
  4. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  5. 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.
  6. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  7. Jonah’s biggest blunder was a failure to understand that God’s grace is always undeserved and always falls on those who are unworthy of it.
  8. For Paul, the hope of the resurrection was the ultimate antidote whenever his circumstances tempted him to despair or to "lose heart."
  9. 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.”
  10. This article is written by guest contributor, Aaron Boerst
  11. The relationship with God through Christ and renewal in his image in Christ cannot be taken away or compromised through suffering.
  12. St. Patrick was great but only because he was a slave to Christ.