1. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  2. A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
  3. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  4. 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.
  5. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  6. 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.
  7. The further up and further into the season of Epiphany we get, the bigger the grace of God in Christ is, the brighter the Light of Christ shines, and the more blessed we are in Jesus' epiphany for us.
  8. 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.
  9. If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give
  10. 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.
  11. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  12. 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.