1. The Bible not only calls us to remember God’s past acts of deliverance; it also invites us to recognize that God in Christ is still in the business of delivering sinners from bondage.
  2. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  3. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  4. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  5. Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
  6. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  7. No matter how far away they wander, God always hears the prayers of his children.
  8. What I desperately needed was not to preach to myself, but to listen to a preacher—not to take myself in hand, but to be taken in the hands of the Almighty.
  9. Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
  10. Sing of Jesus’ Easter victory for you, and watch Satan flee with his worries and cares!
  11. Christ's words of exclusive salvation are not just a warning but a sure promise for you.
  12. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?