1. Faith sees your neighbor not as a means to an end, not as a way to score points, but as an object of love: Christ's love and yours.
  2. What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
  3. I’ve experienced firsthand the promise that God never leaves a congregation empty-handed.
  4. God’s published will offers us anchorage, the anchorage of Jesus Christ, in the midst of chaos, reminding us that there is a greater purpose to our lives than the pursuit of worldly success or fleeting pleasures.
  5. The Holy Spirit unleashes his power through us, his vines, and we then get to watch as his fruits blossom and ripen.
  6. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  7. It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
  8. God's faithfulness is constant and consistent. It knows no season. His love for us doesn't fade with the summer sun.
  9. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  10. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  11. Unprompted, without any warning, for no reason at all, without any instigation say, "I love you." And that will wash over your parents like a beautiful absolution.
  12. If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.