1. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  2. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  3. At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
  4. In the Word, you find peace. It proclaims peace first between you and God because of Jesus. That empowers you to deal peacefully with others and brings you peace of mind.
  5. 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.
  6. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  7. Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
  8. The essence of what it means to be a son or daughter of Abraham, an inheritor of the Abrahamic promise, was irrevocably tethered to faith.
  9. Anderson encourages us to meditate upon the ways that Christ truly is the end of our exploring.
  10. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  11. I didn’t see Christmas as a gift given to me to enjoy, I saw Christmas as a long list of expectations I needed to hold up to love those around me.
  12. Can you imagine Christmas from creation’s point of view?