1. That great truth of creedal Christianity – that God is man in Christ – is not set forth for our speculative enjoyment.
  2. God the Father sent us – his wayward, sinful, and naughty children – his own series of Father Christmas Letters.
  3. Psalm 8 is a trailer for the entire biblical movie, and the entire biblical movie centers on Christ.
  4. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  5. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  6. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  7. If a key part of the Reformation was placing God’s Word back into the hands of the people in a clear, understandable way, then John of Ragusa can be called a “Prometheus” in his own right.
  8. When the Reformers read the Bible (especially when studied in the original languages), they found a God who was gracious and merciful for the sake of Christ.
  9. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  10. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
  11. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.