1. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  2. When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
  3. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  4. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
  5. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  6. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  7. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  8. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
  9. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
  10. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  11. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
  12. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.