1. God is not calling us to “grow up.” He is calling us to dependence.
  2. The waiting of Advent isn’t just for Christmas; it’s for God’s reversal of all sin and evil and his renewal of all things.
  3. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  4. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  5. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  6. The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.
  7. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  8. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  9. The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
  10. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.