1. Free-range Christ is fearful Christ because he is present, speaking, and I just crucified him.
  2. 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.
  3. God has found a way to be God even for the likes of us. He has found a way to save sinners.
  4. Christ has come to make every last aspect of your life the object of his eternal, never-ending, always transitive grace.
  5. The Savior wasn’t always forthright with his intentions behind using and relaying certain parabolic narratives.
  6. Easter must be seen in light of the cross. It must never overshadow Good Friday. They are a packaged deal!
  7. Scott Hall may not have been a theologian or a preacher but for me, at that moment he might as well have been.
  8. It is good to remember that this true story, is also beautiful.
  9. The Lord sees the blood of the Lamb upon us, but does not merely pass over us in mercy. He passes into us by grace.
  10. All human wisdom, righteousness, and holiness are made futile in that which belongs to God’s kingdom.
  11. Who we are buried with matters. But there is no need to go out and find a dead prophet so you can join him six feet under.
  12. What grace is this? It’s grace from Christ, who often seizes us when we least expect it, even through the hands of His enemies.