1. We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
  2. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  3. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  4. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  5. Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.
  6. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
  7. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
  8. We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
  9. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
  10. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!
  11. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.