1. When properly distinguishing law and gospel in the Word of God, it is important to use the God-given gift and abilities of the imagination as your ears.
  2. As Luther said, “Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf of spring.”
  3. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  4. It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
  5. Church historians attempt to determine why Melanchthon made those controversial decisions.
  6. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  7. His successes were not the result of his brilliance, might, and ability as an apostle. They were the result of the all-sufficient grace of God.
  8. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  9. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  10. The Lord’s prayer is a prayer in perfect accord with the will of God, and Jesus gifts it to us to plagiarize at will.
  11. This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
  12. Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.