1. While we wait in tribulation for our white robes (or pants) to be washed in the blood of the Lamb, we confess to one another our seen and unseen stains.
  2. The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
  3. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  4. Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
  5. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  6. May you believe, in this thin-line world, that this Jesus is for you, not against you.
  7. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  8. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  9. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  10. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  11. Paul thinks the consequences of Christ not being raised are worse for those who believe than those who never did if it were to be true Christ was not raised.
  12. If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.