1. Fullness, truth, reality – all this God gives us as his gift in Christ.
  2. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  3. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  4. 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.
  5. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  6. 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.
  7. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  8. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  9. Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.