1. The relationship between faith and prayer or belief and worship is mutual. Faith produces prayer and prayer expresses faith.
  2. We worry about the fact our days are as grass – so we try to scratch out a place for ourselves, to make a permanent, lasting place, to climb to higher places and succeed, more often than not, only to hurt each other in the process.
  3. Armed with great analogies, airtight logic, and razor sharp wit, Lewis keeps you spellbound from one chapter to another as you find yourself going “further up and further in.”
  4. God's Son comes to deal with the infestation of sin, but in an unforeseen twist of grace, he’s the only one who goes under the knife.
  5. I wanted the devotions of this book to be a source of strength for everyone who has waited all night to see the sun come up again.
  6. The God who abundantly restores is still in the business of total restoration, even today. Even now the God of heaven restores dead sinners to life.
  7. Every part of Jesus’ encounter with Mary Magdalene in John 20 was incredibly intentional and personal for God to systematically redeem what was lost.
  8. Hamilton writes lucidly. He has that rare gift of walking the tightrope between the academy and the church, being able to communicate to both groups in the same book.
  9. History won’t judge us, Jesus will. We already have his judgment. He gave it to us from the cross, where he acquitted us with his death.
  10. God has found a way to be God even for the likes of us. He has found a way to save sinners.
  11. The Word of the Lord is sure. The enemy is defeated. Salvation is waiting for you.
  12. God is often hidden in history, even as we make it now, but He is always manifest where He has promised to be.