1. 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.
  2. We too are God’s baptized, beloved, blood-bought believers. And no one can ever take that away from us.
  3. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  4. 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.
  5. It makes perfect sense that the day honoring Jesus' birth would be observed in a decidedly less than refined manner.
  6. The king has arrived and has already begun his reign forever and ever.
  7. God the Father sent us – his wayward, sinful, and naughty children – his own series of Father Christmas Letters.
  8. To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
  9. A.I. can’t make the proclamatory move that delivers God’s word in a way that is specifically for me.
  10. Take courage, you who were lost: Jesus comes to seek and save that which is lost. Ye sick, return to health: Christ comes to heal the contrite of heart with the balm of his mercy. Rejoice, all you who desire great things: the Son of God comes down to you that he may make you the co-heirs of his kingdom.
  11. Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.
  12. If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give