1. The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.
  2. The death and resurrection did indeed really happen. They are accomplished historical facts, and by them, so too is the forgiveness of our sins and justification before God.
  3. He represents our likeness, fulfills it, and so has the prerogative to reproduce his likeness in us.
  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. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  6. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  7. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  8. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
  9. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  10. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  11. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  12. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!