1. This world of unbearable grief and accidental calamity is being renewed and, soon, will be completely bereft of every pernicious foe.
  2. God’s design in the Law is to enable man to know himself; to perceive the false and unjustified state of his heart; to discover how far he is from God and to disdain his own goodness.
  3. Mephibosheth’s story is a living parable of the gospel. It reeks of redemption, demonstrating precisely what Christ does for even the chiefest of sinners.
  4. Aquinas would craft a systematic theology that did with the matter of faith what Aristotle had done with the natural world.
  5. Our hope is God's mercy. It's like a well that never dries up. His mercies were there before he created us. They are present for us today.
  6. God's power and works are awesome and cannot be stifled. His grace and mercy will be heard above the growls and howls of those who deny Christ Jesus is God and Savior
  7. The church’s song goes on and on, singing and ringing down to us today.
  8. Christ has received the mark of law that we might be marked with the gospel, with the sign of his holy cross on our heads and hearts as redeemed children of God.
  9. This Christmas season we are thankful that even though we “fallers” are unable to climb up to God, he came down the ladder to us.
  10. What we are asked to believe as we ponder the birth of this child is that in his coming, a new creation has dawned.
  11. The Advents of Christ (past, present, and future) elicit faith in the word of Christ, confirmed by his presence.
  12. The thought of losing even one of those for whom his Son died pains God beyond belief, and the angels rejoice when even one of his children repents.