1. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  2. The church is called to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. Where is that message found? In every blade of grass, on every page of Scripture.
  3. He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
  4. Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
  5. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  6. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  7. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  8. Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.
  9. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.
  10. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  11. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  12. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.