1. In the face of abject evil, these two faithfully cling to the words and truths of he alone who is Good, Jehovah God.
  2. Darkness is not your only friend. Jesus loves you, and he will be with you.
  3. What the gospel promises is not escape from our humanity, but resurrection from the dead.
  4. I want the beginning of my funeral to be focused on Jesus, as well as the middle, the end, and every point in between.
  5. Sometimes loss is gain. Sometimes defeat is victory. Sometimes weakness is strength. Sometimes death is life. Sometimes, that is, when Christ is at the center, on his cross and not in his tomb.
  6. This is the patient love of God. He is stubborn about the salvation of sinners. He will not be rushed even if his name is mocked, and the trustworthiness of his promises are called into question.
  7. This world of unbearable grief and accidental calamity is being renewed and, soon, will be completely bereft of every pernicious foe.
  8. There is perhaps no better observation about the nature of anxiety and depression than its fundamental desire for avoidance.
  9. You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.
  10. God's power and works are awesome and cannot be stifled. His grace and mercy will be heard above the growls and howls of those who deny Christ Jesus is God and Savior
  11. Christians do have a hope that those who sleep in death will be awakened and their joy will never end, and we yearn for that day.
  12. The church’s song goes on and on, singing and ringing down to us today.