1. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  2. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
  3. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  4. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
  5. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  6. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  7. God the Father sent us – his wayward, sinful, and naughty children – his own series of Father Christmas Letters.
  8. Psalm 8 is a trailer for the entire biblical movie, and the entire biblical movie centers on Christ.
  9. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
  10. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  11. 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.