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  1. But when we trust Jesus, then we close our eyes to it all and say, “Heavenly Father, I’m your child.
  2. With this collar on, my superpower is just unbridled preaching! Pastors Gillespie and Riley read a letter from John Huss to John Barbatus about the biblical teaching on who can (and cannot) preach.
  3. Why confess sin? Is it so we can get rewarded by God? A little extra grace or material good for our troubles, maybe.
  4. The Church of Jesus Christ is and stays Jesus' Church whether we decide it is or not.
  5. Jesus is the end of religion.
  6. Only Jesus’ absolute absolution can satisfy a troubled conscience.
  7. “Church is set free in Christ, in short, to revel in her irrelevance to the ways of the world’s power and wisdom.
  8. That is why the church has to offer Super Bread and Super Wine, so that God can see that we are Super Christians.
  9. No matter how great our efforts or how righteous our intent, we will go from troubled to scared, and scared to terrified, unless we are sprinkled with the blood of the Lamb.
  10. The pastor declares it. We receive it. The forgiveness of sins. It’s a simple thing.
  11. While I was still an over-eager seminarian the professor warned me, “Mr. Riley, this is exciting stuff.
  12. Blessedness comes to us camouflaged as simple earthly words, water, bread and wine.
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