1. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  2. Some explanations are better than others, but they remain our explanations—except if we had some perspective from outside, above, and behind nature.
  3. When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.
  4. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  5. Jesus stands before the disciples as the bridge between heaven and earth, and between Old Testament and New Testament.
  6. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
  7. This week we will take a closer look at God's love in Scripture.
  8. Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
  9. Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
  10. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  11. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  12. All of Scripture, every last syllable of it, is meant to drive us to "consider Jesus," the One who comes to "make us right" by gifting us his righteousness.