1. The well-meaning advice “time heals all wounds” is offensively false when we confront the overwhelming evidence that the constants in our lives are death, taxes, and suffering.
  2. Jesus overcame sin, death, and Satan on the cross. His bloody suffering and death marked this sinful world's defeat.
  3. The parable of the wedding banquet in Matthew hinges on whether a guy is wearing the right costume for the party.
  4. You who would be a law unto yourself, Christ is the gospel unto you, proclaiming you forgiven.
  5. As much as Luther calls Christians to a sober belief in the devil, he also calls them to a firm and steadfast faith in Christ
  6. We’ve become experts at making deals with God.
  7. He will plead guilty on our behalf, and suffer the death sentence in our place.
  8. Who are we if neither vice nor virtue will make us whole?
  9. Apart from God's word, we will judge the right to be wrong and evil people as good.
  10. God created humanity in his image and then inhabited that image. Not just for 33 years, but for eternity thereafter.
  11. The good news of Jesus Christ guides us into godly worship, not self-worship.
  12. That is the good news that ifies all hand wringing and wipes away every tear from every eye.