1. 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.
  2. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
  3. Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
  4. 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.
  5. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
  6. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  7. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  8. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
  9. 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.
  10. Luther's September Testament not only shaped the reformers’ theology but also was as big an influence on the German language as Shakespeare was for English.