1. Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
  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. God is not calling us to “grow up.” He is calling us to dependence.
  7. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  11. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.