1. 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.
  2. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
  3. We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
  4. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
  5. When we cry to the Lord in our trouble, he will send us a preacher with words that deliver us from destruction.
  6. It’s the notion of mercy that leads us to the atonement, and it is the atonement that provides a foundational basis for the justification of sinners.
  7. The one who embodies the dove, that is, the Holy Spirit will be mounted upon the staff of Calvary.