1. Sometimes it’s important to go far away to learn of holy places back home.
  2. God is often hidden in history, even as we make it now, but He is always manifest where He has promised to be.
  3. God is not a preoccupied parent, he’s an invested and interested tender loving Father. He values what perplexes us.
  4. When we own up to our sin, our Father is not scandalized, and his response is not to reconsider his calling us.
  5. 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.
  6. This world of unbearable grief and accidental calamity is being renewed and, soon, will be completely bereft of every pernicious foe.
  7. There is perhaps no better observation about the nature of anxiety and depression than its fundamental desire for avoidance.
  8. The firestorm of the Reformation which turned Europe upside-down was not Luther’s doing. It was the Word, and the Spirit working through it.
  9. Mephibosheth’s story is a living parable of the gospel. It reeks of redemption, demonstrating precisely what Christ does for even the chiefest of sinners.
  10. 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.
  11. Our hope is God's mercy. It's like a well that never dries up. His mercies were there before he created us. They are present for us today.
  12. Even for idolatrous sellouts like you and me, God’s position has not changed. Even though we may have forgotten him, he never forgets us.