1. 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."
  2. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  3. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  4. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  5. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  6. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  7. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  8. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  9. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  10. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.