1. 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.
  2. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  3. 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."
  4. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  5. If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give
  6. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  7. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  8. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  9. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  10. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  11. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  12. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.