1. Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
  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. Anderson encourages us to meditate upon the ways that Christ truly is the end of our exploring.
  4. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  5. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  6. How can he say it? How can he say that Christ is after all the entire meaning of life for him, and that death is no real worry?
  7. God knows that when we face insurmountable odds in our moments of weakness, we are more likely to turn to him in trust and reliance.
  8. We have to “remember” that God remembers us. He has not fallen away. For God to remember us means he is working for our good; a restoration.
  9. Faith sees your neighbor not as a means to an end, not as a way to score points, but as an object of love: Christ's love and yours.
  10. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  11. What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
  12. 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.