1. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  2. Human solutions to problems, important as they are, are inadequate to meet our deepest needs
  3. The goodness of God's grace is also offensive to our egos
  4. Christ reshapes what forgivness means and why it's important
  5. As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
  6. How can he say it? How can he say that Christ is after all the entire meaning of life for him, and that death is no real worry?
  7. God gives good gifts to underserving workers. God gives good gifts to all of them.
  8. Of all the Inklings, Williams was certainly the most enigmatic. His mind and body were always moving.
  9. God knows that when we face insurmountable odds in our moments of weakness, we are more likely to turn to him in trust and reliance.
  10. Even at Lewis’ graveside, Havard was a faithful friend, and a friend full of faith in Christ, confessing his hope in the resurrection.
  11. We have to “remember” that God remembers us. He has not fallen away. For God to remember us means he is working for our good; a restoration.