1. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  2. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  3. 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.
  4. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  5. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  6. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.
  7. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  8. Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
  9. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  10. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  11. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  12. Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.