1. The more awareness we have that we are weak and low and frail and incapable of doing this thing called life, the more perfectly we are positioned to meet the God of grace.
  2. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  3. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
  4. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  5. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  6. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  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. 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.
  9. Jesus remakes us, rebuilds us, and resurrects us so the demons that hide in the cracks cannot get ahold of us, the devil cannot break us, and hell will never know us.
  10. When we cry to the Lord in our trouble, he will send us a preacher with words that deliver us from destruction.