1. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  2. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  3. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  4. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  5. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  6. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  7. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
  8. The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.
  9. From the beginning to the end of his letter, John really wants one thing: for us to be in Jesus.
  10. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  11. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.