1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  4. For Paul, the hope of the resurrection was the ultimate antidote whenever his circumstances tempted him to despair or to "lose heart."
  5. 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.”
  6. The love of God in Christ Jesus never changes. That love is for you.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  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. 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.