1. The earliest followers of God sang their faith, which is no different today as we sing of the hope we have in Jesus.
  2. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  3. Psalm 98, with its promise of a sea and mountains singing, takes these imposing natural features and turns them into a praise choir.
  4. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  5. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  6. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
  7. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  8. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  9. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  10. 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.