1. Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
  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. Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
  4. 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.
  5. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
  6. In the Reformation, as in the tabernacle, God gave skill, artistry, and craftsmanship to put his Word in images so that through art, his Word would be revealed.
  7. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  8. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
  9. Luther's September Testament not only shaped the reformers’ theology but also was as big an influence on the German language as Shakespeare was for English.
  10. When we cry to the Lord in our trouble, he will send us a preacher with words that deliver us from destruction.