Preaching (69)
  1. When Peter says to resist him, firm in your faith, he is not sending you out to do battle on your own. He is locating you. You are baptized into Christ.
  2. What ought the Christian to be prepared with, to faithfully, lovingly, and honestly defend the hope they have? The answer is her confidence in salvation which is located outside of herself, in the person and work of Christ.
  3. There is no body of Christ without the Ascension, no answer to prayer without the Ascension, and no guarantee of “truly I am with you always” without the Ascension.
  4. For Peter, growing up looks rather more like growing down.
  5. We are not free from God, we are free in Him, free in Christ, free in the shepherd, free in the door, free in the slave, free in the one who became a slave for me.
  6. Christ’s blood is imperishable. So are you! Death could not keep Him down, and you are born of the same stuff, the blood that has been delivered to you in the Word, the good news.
  7. Easter moves, Easter grows, Easter is transitive. It affects objects, it changes people, it does stuff.
  8. All will see His coming. All will see you in your appearance with Him. Until then, hear Him: Christ is dead and risen. Hear Him about you too: You are dead, and you too are risen in Him.
  9. He chooses to become least, to go down, to become nothing, to empty Himself, to humble Himself, to become obedient even to the point of death, the death of a cross. That is the mind of Christ.
  10. At the Supper Christ established on Maundy Thursday, you receive the fruits of that sacrifice: his body and blood given for you.
  11. Holy Saturday is not silent. It is the King announcing victory in enemy territory.
  12. Christ’s throne is the cross: Crowned with thorns, robed in mockery, surrounded by criminals.
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