1. Five promises were seemingly all those apostles, staring into the sky, had to go on. Five promises that were more than enough.
  2. Elsewhere makes promises that can’t be kept, but God’s promises are secure, reliable, and certain.
  3. It's easy to have courage when things go well.
  4. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  5. For Paul, the hope of the resurrection was the ultimate antidote whenever his circumstances tempted him to despair or to "lose heart."
  6. Don’t get in the habit (or, if you already do it, get out of the habit) of saying, “I could never talk about these things the way my pastor does.”
  7. The love of God in Christ Jesus never changes. That love is for you.
  8. Regardless of background or beliefs, every American I talk to seems on edge, as if the sky were about to fall. But the sky is not falling.
  9. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  10. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  11. One way or another, Rod always found a way to bring whatever story he was telling back to the gospel and God's grace in Christ.
  12. God never delights in seeing his children struggle or suffer. But God does desire that we trust him no matter what the circumstances might look like.