1. Some part of us always wants our ability under the law to be just as important (or more) than grace.
  2. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  3. 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.
  4. The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
  5. 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.
  6. Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.
  7. For Paul, the hope of the resurrection was the ultimate antidote whenever his circumstances tempted him to despair or to "lose heart."
  8. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  9. St. Patrick was great but only because he was a slave to Christ.
  10. Patrick's breakthrough came when he began to leverage his knowledge of the native language and customs to build a bridge between Irish lore and the Christian mythos.
  11. The church is called to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. Where is that message found? In every blade of grass, on every page of Scripture.
  12. 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.