1. Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
  2. 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).
  3. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  4. I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
  5. The further up and further into the season of Epiphany we get, the bigger the grace of God in Christ is, the brighter the Light of Christ shines, and the more blessed we are in Jesus' epiphany for us.
  6. The good news of the Gospel is Jesus has come, and Jesus will come again.
  7. The lesson of Malachi reveals God’s love for his people. When the people ask for proof of God’s love, he reminds them of their election.
  8. A theologian is a passive receiver of God’s active revelation about Jesus Christ, his words, works, and ways.
  9. Who is God really? He is offensive, anarchic by the world’s standards, and far too gracious to people who don’t deserve his time or attention.
  10. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  11. 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.