1. Some part of us always wants our ability under the law to be just as important (or more) than grace.
  2. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  3. A Christian story untethered from the reality of Christ and his mercy toward sinners becomes a mere fable, while a sermon disconnected from the hearts of its listeners remains a hollow oratory.
  4. The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
  5. Applying the pressure of law to ensure you do not to take grace for granted squeezes the life and power out of the gospel.
  6. 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.
  7. Jesus continues to do the same for me and for you as he did for his disciples. He still shows up for us. He still speaks his peace to us.
  8. The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.
  9. 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.
  10. Patrick's breakthrough came when he began to leverage his knowledge of the native language and customs to build a bridge between Irish lore and the Christian mythos.
  11. Are you on the receiving end of freedom? Or are you trying to make yourself free?
  12. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.