1. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  2. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  3. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
  4. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  5. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  6. We live again, not so that we will now pay our debt, but to proclaim that we live because our debt was paid!
  7. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  8. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  9. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  10. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  11. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.