1. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  2. 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.
  3. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. In the Reformation, as in the tabernacle, God gave skill, artistry, and craftsmanship to put his Word in images so that through art, his Word would be revealed.
  7. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  8. “There,” the Queen said, “That’s so much better than talking, isn’t it?”