“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” —Peter (Matthew 16)

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God…” —1 Peter 2:9

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” —John 3:16

“Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven… we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” —Acts 2:5,11

“When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.” —Matthew 7:28-29

“He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.” —Ephesians 4:10

“Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, ‘Follow me!’” —John 21:19

“…Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” —Luke 24:32

Guest speaker Jason Paltzer served six years in the Zambian mission field as program director of the Lutheran Health & Development ministry.

“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” —Acts 4:31