1. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  2. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  3. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  4. O weary ones, O long-time waiting and watching ones, O ones who are late to the game, he is your rest this busy season, and always.
  5. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  6. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  7. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  8. The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.
  9. From the beginning to the end of his letter, John really wants one thing: for us to be in Jesus.
  10. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  11. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.