1. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  2. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  3. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
  4. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  5. I can guarantee you that when Paul was overtaken by the Spirit and inspired to write these words, he did not have in mind your local school's boys' basketball tournament.
  6. A theologian is a passive receiver of God’s active revelation about Jesus Christ, his words, works, and ways.
  7. Who is God really? He is offensive, anarchic by the world’s standards, and far too gracious to people who don’t deserve his time or attention.
  8. 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.
  9. If a key part of the Reformation was placing God’s Word back into the hands of the people in a clear, understandable way, then John of Ragusa can be called a “Prometheus” in his own right.
  10. When the Reformers read the Bible (especially when studied in the original languages), they found a God who was gracious and merciful for the sake of Christ.
  11. 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.
  12. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.