1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. God has found a way to be God even for the likes of us. He has found a way to save sinners.
  4. The Word of the Lord is sure. The enemy is defeated. Salvation is waiting for you.
  5. God is often hidden in history, even as we make it now, but He is always manifest where He has promised to be.
  6. You can die now, you can let go, and because that is true, you can begin to live!
  7. Only in Christ has God taken upon himself the worst that could ever happen between God and man: he has allowed himself to be rejected.
  8. The language of faith speaks promise and persecution, hope and trial, victory and pain. The language of the world may well speak the former, but rarely the latter.
  9. Mephibosheth’s story is a living parable of the gospel. It reeks of redemption, demonstrating precisely what Christ does for even the chiefest of sinners.
  10. An immense amount of ink has been spilled contesting and interpreting Bonhoeffer's significance as a figure of Christian history and a theologian of the church.
  11. When we read a good story, we sojourn with the characters and authors upon the trail of longing. Such is the pilgrim’s path.
  12. The sword of the spirit in Holy Scripture does indeed show us our sin, but thanks be to God, it also shows us our Savior.