1. Instead of a death sentence, those brothers hear the words of deliverance.
  2. The cross not only stands as the measure of our hatred of God but also as the measure of God’s love for us.
  3. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of these early Lutheran hymns – and their physical availability in hymnals – in the piety of common people living in Lutheran towns and territories.
  4. Some part of us always wants our ability under the law to be just as important (or more) than grace.
  5. The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
  6. Applying the pressure of law to ensure you do not to take grace for granted squeezes the life and power out of the gospel.
  7. Zwingli the Pastor provides an excellent introduction to the Swiss reformer’s life and work, focusing on Zwingli’s philosophy of church reform, biographical details, and mode of exegesis.
  8. Are you on the receiving end of freedom? Or are you trying to make yourself free?
  9. Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.
  10. The love of God in Christ Jesus never changes. That love is for you.
  11. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  12. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.