1. This is an excerpt from Chad Bird’s book, Your God is Too Glorious, 2nd Edition
  2. Any message other than "Christ for you" is not good news.
  3. Matthew 22 sees Jesus address Jewish legal debates. In the process, he makes disticntions between the Law and Gospel.
  4. How the ancient view of "guts" is a lively metaphor of promise
  5. Every Christian should understand what it means to have a Great High Priest
  6. Jesus is always interceding for us
  7. Christ reshapes what forgivness means and why it's important
  8. The legacy of Jonah is troubled with most remembering him not for what he said but for what he did: run away.
  9. God knows that when we face insurmountable odds in our moments of weakness, we are more likely to turn to him in trust and reliance.
  10. If poetry elevates its subject, we could also say the reverse: the subject, in this case, the Most High God, elevates the language.
  11. We have to “remember” that God remembers us. He has not fallen away. For God to remember us means he is working for our good; a restoration.