1. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  2. This hymn is not for people who feel strong, but those who are weak.
  3. Christ's words of exclusive salvation are not just a warning but a sure promise for you.
  4. Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
  5. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  6. This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  7. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  8. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  9. The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
  10. When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.
  11. There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
  12. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.