1. You can die now, you can let go, and because that is true, you can begin to live!
  2. God is not a preoccupied parent, he’s an invested and interested tender loving Father. He values what perplexes us.
  3. This world of unbearable grief and accidental calamity is being renewed and, soon, will be completely bereft of every pernicious foe.
  4. There is perhaps no better observation about the nature of anxiety and depression than its fundamental desire for avoidance.
  5. Rest doesn’t come cheap. Perhaps there’s no scarcer commodity in our time. Plenty sell it, but there’s no warranty, and it seldom lasts.
  6. 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.
  7. Our hope is God's mercy. It's like a well that never dries up. His mercies were there before he created us. They are present for us today.
  8. Even for idolatrous sellouts like you and me, God’s position has not changed. Even though we may have forgotten him, he never forgets us.
  9. The imprecatory psalms are like release valves for hurting souls. Their stanzas are God-given spaces in which we can bear our soul’s torment.
  10. Men and women are all caught in the universal machine of suffering that chews people up and spits them out. And in their respective griefs and fears, they are all wondering if God sees them, hears them, knows them.
  11. At its heart, this is what Deacon King Kong is all about: the paradox of Jesus carving his victory out of the last thing we expect, not our triumphs but our defeats.
  12. Christians do have a hope that those who sleep in death will be awakened and their joy will never end, and we yearn for that day.