1. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  2. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  3. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  4. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  5. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  6. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  7. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  8. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  9. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  10. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  11. Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.