1. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  2. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  3. Predestination, Jim knew, is no longer a frightening doctrine of mystery when you understand that God makes his choice about you in the simple word of God, given from one sinner to another.
  4. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  5. I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
  6. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  7. If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give
  8. The lesson of Malachi reveals God’s love for his people. When the people ask for proof of God’s love, he reminds them of their election.
  9. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  10. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  11. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  12. It seems to me that our greatest task is not that of seeking skills and methods whereby we can inject power into the gospel, but simply to beware lest we obscure the power that the gospel is