1. There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
  2. The earliest followers of God sang their faith, which is no different today as we sing of the hope we have in Jesus.
  3. 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.
  4. Psalm 98, with its promise of a sea and mountains singing, takes these imposing natural features and turns them into a praise choir.
  5. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  6. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  7. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  8. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  9. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  10. The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
  11. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.