1. We assert, we herald, the truth about God becoming King of the world in and through Jesus of Nazareth alone. It is our public announcement.
  2. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  3. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  4. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  5. 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.
  6. By his first Advent in the flesh, through his second Advent with bread and wine and water and Word, we await his third Advent at the end.
  7. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  8. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
  9. From the beginning to the end of his letter, John really wants one thing: for us to be in Jesus.
  10. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.