1. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  2. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  3. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  4. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
  5. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  6. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
  7. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  8. Unprompted, without any warning, for no reason at all, without any instigation say, "I love you." And that will wash over your parents like a beautiful absolution.
  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. I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
  11. I can guarantee you that when Paul was overtaken by the Spirit and inspired to write these words, he did not have in mind your local school's boys' basketball tournament.
  12. If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.