The ending of the Gospel of Mark reminds us that Jesus is Lord even when we’re afraid and don’t know what’s going on.
In the cross we see the true glory of God. It is found in humility, vulnerability, yea, even its weakness.
We are saved because of God’s divine work. We bring nothing to this but our need for his grace.
Giving makes us aware of the needs of those around us. Giving increases our capacity for compassion because it allows us to be touched by the needs around us, and, yes, to be a part of God’s work.
Jesus can’t be kept in the grave, because his life is indestructible. Satan has no claims on him who is Life itself.
The risen Jesus Christ of history continues to be a foolish scandal when compared to the domesticated Jesus of stained glass windows.
The heart of the church’s mission is to follow Jesus and help others to follow Him.
Everyone has only two choices: Either you die to self now and you truly live, or you live for yourself now and you truly die.
It’s the gap between human perceptions of goodness and the reality that only God is good which is the point of Jesus’ life and ministry.
Over the next fifty to eighty years, it will be the job of the church to quietly build beautiful marriages and to slowly raise another generation to see God’s original design and purpose for marriage.
The true church is united on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let’s not forget to identify the family when we see it.
God’s glory in Jesus encompasses both his enthronement at the right hand of the Father, as well as his humility whereby he becomes obedient to death, even death on a cross.
