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. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  3. 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.
  4. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  5. Jonah’s biggest blunder was a failure to understand that God’s grace is always undeserved and always falls on those who are unworthy of it.
  6. 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.”
  7. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  8. Regardless of background or beliefs, every American I talk to seems on edge, as if the sky were about to fall. But the sky is not falling.
  9. This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
  10. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  11. 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.
  12. He was rooted in his own tradition but gracious with others when they wanted to learn about his faith or their own.