1. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  2. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  3. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  4. Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.
  5. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  6. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  7. 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.
  8. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  9. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  10. Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
  11. 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.