1. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  2. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  3. God the Father sent us – his wayward, sinful, and naughty children – his own series of Father Christmas Letters.
  4. Psalm 8 is a trailer for the entire biblical movie, and the entire biblical movie centers on Christ.
  5. A theologian is a passive receiver of God’s active revelation about Jesus Christ, his words, works, and ways.
  6. You are a child of God. You’re blameless, holy, perfect, and righteous. Don’t feel that way? Too bad. God is greater than your heart.
  7. 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.
  8. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  9. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  10. 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.
  11. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.