1. We still think we can sort own own problems with more money, more education, more resources, more techniques, more, more, more.
  2. Rick Ritchie gives a brief summary on the importance of Plato’s thought in Christianity
  3. There is no justification by the works of the law
  4. Scent plays an important role in our memories and the story of Scripture
  5. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  6. Charles V, for all his power, his lands, and his riches, was ultimately unable to hinder the spread of the precious Gospel.
  7. Dyson demonstrated a pious persistence with Lewis, something we can emulate in our own friendships and conversations.
  8. The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.
  9. Jesus’s story in Luke 16 draws definitive attention to whom God helps — namely, God always comes close in order to help those who cannot help themselves.
  10. Lewis takes us to the planets to satisfy our cravings for spiritual adventure, which, as he says, “sends our imaginations off the Earth,” in the first place.
  11. While midnight might seem long, the mercy of God assures us that the morning will come.
  12. In the tumultuous sea of information, opinions, and ideologies that break over us each day, we hold fast to the anchor of our faith—Jesus, the true prophet.