1. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  2. It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
  3. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  4. God is the end of living, the destination, the point of it all.
  5. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  6. The Lord’s prayer is a prayer in perfect accord with the will of God, and Jesus gifts it to us to plagiarize at will.
  7. Sing of Jesus’ Easter victory for you, and watch Satan flee with his worries and cares!
  8. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  9. Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
  10. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  11. Walther’s living legacy is his enduring teaching on how to distinguish the law and the gospel in the Church’s proclamation.