1. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  2. 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.
  3. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  4. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  5. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  6. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  7. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  8. Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.
  9. Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
  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.
  11. Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.