1. Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
  2. We cannot overstate that no person outside the Bible has been as influential to Christian theology as Augustine.
  3. Origen is wrong about stuff, but he had the foresight to say that if he was wrong, he was open to correction.
  4. Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.
  5. 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.
  6. With Christ as the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, the future is secure already. It’s solid right now, even when the cords seem to be fraying.
  7. History is the painful realization that we aren’t the ones who can save the world but, rather, we’re the ones who get saved.
  8. Christian mercy should not seek its own. It must be round, and open its eyes and look at all alike, friend and foe, as our heavenly Father does.
  9. The undercurrent of Scripture is the sheer fact that Jehovah God is a God of his word.