1. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  2. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  3. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  4. 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.
  5. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  6. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
  7. We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
  8. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
  9. We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
  10. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!