On the basis of God’s demonstrated character, at the Annunciation, Mary unleashed a torrent of thanksgiving, praise, and worship.
God should be thanked and praised for his tender mercy enacted in our lives.
Our commitment to God should play out in everyday life, even when it is difficult. Mary shows us it’s possible.
Common, everyday faithfulness is a prerequisite for service in God’s mission.
If God could accept a criminal on the cross, God can readily accept us whatever our imperfections or wrongdoing.
In examining the Lord’s Prayer, we learn that prayer begins with God, not with us or with our needs.
How society has taught us to categorize, limit, and relate to one another must have no force among those who are “in Christ.”
Paul worked hard to preserve the unity of the church without sacrificing the truth of the gospel.
Dying with Christ, we die to the world’s power to order our lives. We are free to become fully God’s new creation.
God calls and empowers us to tell others about Jesus.
Christ has not accomplished the full purpose of his death for us until he has come alive within us and through us by the Holy Spirit.
Only the apostolic gospel that faithfully preserves God’s invitation, issued on God’s terms, has the power to lead us to life.
