1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  4. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  5. What does professional wrestling and preaching have in common?
  6. What (if anything) makes a sermon distinctive?
  7. How’s your ticker?
  8. When you see the year ending, thank the Lord, because he had led you into this cycle of years.
  9. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  10. 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.
  11. Can you imagine Christmas from creation’s point of view?
  12. 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.