1. When the church is a political actor, the gospel doesn’t have the final word.
  2. The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
  3. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  4. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  5. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
  6. Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
  7. We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
  8. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  9. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  10. Christ is not an idea. He isn’t a concept. He isn’t a religious notion or sentiment. He isn’t a product. He is the Savior, flesh and blood.