1. Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.
  2. Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self.
  3. History is the painful realization that we aren’t the ones who can save the world but, rather, we’re the ones who get saved.
  4. In Jesus, the most totalizing summary of the law becomes the gospel of the one made perfect through obedience.
  5. Whatever body part you are, the body of Christ is no pod person. Together, we’re a living, breathing, deathless whole.
  6. Neomonasticism—that is, the idea that church work is more important than regular work—implies that God cares more about the spiritual than the physical.
  7. Moses is no Jesus but he, like us, is saved by Him. The law cannot enter the promised land, and yet the true and greater promised land is occupied by nothing but lawbreakers.
  8. Christian mercy should not seek its own. It must be round, and open its eyes and look at all alike, friend and foe, as our heavenly Father does.
  9. It’s God’s power that we are dealing with here that is made perfect in weakness, not ours. God’s power is made perfect in the weakness of the cross.
  10. There’s no possibility of understanding the grace of Romans 6 and the glory of Romans 8 unless you identify with the excruciating struggle of Romans 7.
  11. The only solution to free will is the announcement from a preacher that the Father forgives us for Christ's sake.