1. My goal here isn’t to selfishly reflect on all the reasons I will miss Rod because I know that if you are reading this, you may miss this man, too.
  2. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
  3. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  4. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.
  5. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  6. 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.
  7. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  8. How’s your ticker?
  9. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  10. Show me your righteousness, we can only point to Jesus
  11. An Anglo-Saxon poem gives fresh insight to the cross