1. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  2. Let us rejoice, then, in this grace so that our glory may be the testimony of our conscience wherein we glory not in ourselves but in the Lord (2 Cor. 1:12).
  3. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  4. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  5. A theologian is a passive receiver of God’s active revelation about Jesus Christ, his words, works, and ways.
  6. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  7. Who is God really? He is offensive, anarchic by the world’s standards, and far too gracious to people who don’t deserve his time or attention.
  8. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  9. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  10. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  11. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.