1. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  2. In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.
  3. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
  7. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  8. How’s your ticker?
  9. Paul has zero patience for the gospel of God to be called into question, especially when the ones questioning it are the ones who should’ve known better.
  10. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  11. I didn’t see Christmas as a gift given to me to enjoy, I saw Christmas as a long list of expectations I needed to hold up to love those around me.
  12. We still think we can sort own own problems with more money, more education, more resources, more techniques, more, more, more.