1. The cross not only stands as the measure of our hatred of God but also as the measure of God’s love for us.
  2. 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.
  3. The gospel is for sinners – both the tax collector and Pharisee, both in need of the Great Physician.
  4. God chose Russell Brand, chose to defy his fast-escaping life and drink up all his swift-running sin in the River Thames.
  5. The profound significance of Christ’s resurrection comes from the threefold justification it provides: it justifies the sinner, the sinner’s hope, and God himself.
  6. The lack of history surrounding Psalm 130 allows it to endure as universally appealing even for our seasons of hopelessness and despair when we’re in “the depths.”
  7. For you who are struggling to navigate grief, to cope with pain, or breathe through anxiety, the gospel announces that there is a person whose heart throbs for you.
  8. Some part of us always wants our ability under the law to be just as important (or more) than grace.
  9. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  10. The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
  11. Applying the pressure of law to ensure you do not to take grace for granted squeezes the life and power out of the gospel.
  12. Bathed in the waters of baptism, you are placed in God's path of totality, a path he won for each and every one of us.