1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  5. “There,” the Queen said, “That’s so much better than talking, isn’t it?”
  6. At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.
  7. Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
  8. Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.
  9. Sometimes I think we should be more tempted to laugh at the gospel than we are, not in derision but in sheer surprise and awe.