1. We too are God’s baptized, beloved, blood-bought believers. And no one can ever take that away from us.
  2. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  3. 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.
  4. The king has arrived and has already begun his reign forever and ever.
  5. God the Father sent us – his wayward, sinful, and naughty children – his own series of Father Christmas Letters.
  6. O weary ones, O long-time waiting and watching ones, O ones who are late to the game, he is your rest this busy season, and always.
  7. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  8. We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
  9. You’re not new because of what you do. You’re new and so you do new things, even in spite of yourself, because of your sinful nature.
  10. The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
  11. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  12. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.