1. Christ's words of exclusive salvation are not just a warning but a sure promise for you.
  2. In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
  3. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  4. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  5. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  6. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
  7. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  8. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  9. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
  10. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  11. The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
  12. 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.