1. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  2. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  3. 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.
  4. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  5. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  6. The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
  7. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  8. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  9. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  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. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
  12. In the Reformation, as in the tabernacle, God gave skill, artistry, and craftsmanship to put his Word in images so that through art, his Word would be revealed.