1. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
  2. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  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. Toy Story is indeed a Christmas story.
  5. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  6. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  7. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  8. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
  9. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  10. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  11. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  12. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.