1. This is an excerpt from Chad Bird’s book, Your God is Too Glorious, 2nd Edition
  2. No plot spoilers here just some really Good News
  3. Any message other than "Christ for you" is not good news.
  4. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  5. Human solutions to problems, important as they are, are inadequate to meet our deepest needs
  6. Christ reshapes what forgivness means and why it's important
  7. As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
  8. The legacy of Jonah is troubled with most remembering him not for what he said but for what he did: run away.
  9. God gives good gifts to underserving workers. God gives good gifts to all of them.
  10. Of all the Inklings, Williams was certainly the most enigmatic. His mind and body were always moving.
  11. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.