1. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  2. When we believe in Jesus as the true and better fulfillment of every promise made to Abraham, we, too, are counted as righteous in the same way that he was — by faith.
  3. The essence of what it means to be a son or daughter of Abraham, an inheritor of the Abrahamic promise, was irrevocably tethered to faith.
  4. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  5. What does professional wrestling and preaching have in common?
  6. How’s your ticker?
  7. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  8. I didn’t see Christmas as a gift given to me to enjoy, I saw Christmas as a long list of expectations I needed to hold up to love those around me.
  9. Can you imagine Christmas from creation’s point of view?
  10. Luke shows us that when we try to fit God into our life movie, the plot is all wrong; and not just wrong but trivial.
  11. We still think we can sort own own problems with more money, more education, more resources, more techniques, more, more, more.
  12. Rick Ritchie gives a brief summary on the importance of Plato’s thought in Christianity