1. A pastor is sent to proclaim the unconditional grace of God, reminding us again and again that it is our Heavenly Father who reaches out to us in love through his Christ-won forgiveness, and not the other way around.
  2. Chains may have restricted Paul, but nothing can restrict the gospel.
  3. The existence of aliens can not negate the promise given to us by God courtesy of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  4. If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.
  5. While we wait in tribulation for our white robes (or pants) to be washed in the blood of the Lamb, we confess to one another our seen and unseen stains.
  6. The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
  7. Christ Jesus brings his word and presence to where you are and he is even willing to do so through the likes of your personally present pastor.
  8. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  9. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  10. Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
  11. Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.