1. The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.
  2. You’re not new because of what you do. You’re new and so you do new things, even in spite of yourself, because of your sinful nature.
  3. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  4. 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.
  5. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  6. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  7. Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
  8. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  9. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  10. Christ is not an idea. He isn’t a concept. He isn’t a religious notion or sentiment. He isn’t a product. He is the Savior, flesh and blood.