1. Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.
  2. 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.”
  3. What is faith to believe? The simple words of promise that Jesus Himself gives to us in Scripture: “This is My body. This is My blood.”
  4. Are you on the receiving end of freedom? Or are you trying to make yourself free?
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
  8. The number forty calls to remembrance narratives of God’s great acts of redemption, but also our conformity to and participation in those narratives.
  9. 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.
  10. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  11. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  12. At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.