1. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  5. “There,” the Queen said, “That’s so much better than talking, isn’t it?”
  6. Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
  7. If you are going to lose your life for the gospel’s sake, you must begin by hearing it.
  8. Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
  9. Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.