1. Luther's September Testament not only shaped the reformers’ theology but also was as big an influence on the German language as Shakespeare was for English.
  2. The smallest amount of Holy Spirit-created faith defeats every antichrist belief we hold.
  3. The power of the Word of God is the power of God himself, for he is always faithful to his Word.
  4. Don't lose hope. Don't avoid church on Sunday morning.
  5. Our value and our values, our life, our everything is from Jesus Christ given to us as a gift.
  6. Our comfort in this seemingly endless age of crisis after crisis is the inexhaustible hope of Jesus’s reversal.
  7. Sometimes I think we should be more tempted to laugh at the gospel than we are, not in derision but in sheer surprise and awe.
  8. History is the painful realization that we aren’t the ones who can save the world but, rather, we’re the ones who get saved.
  9. The undercurrent of Scripture is the sheer fact that Jehovah God is a God of his word.
  10. The worship service is less like servants entering the throne room to wait on the king’s needs and more like a father joining his family around the dining room table.