1. Make no mistake, sinners are in fact being pursued by a most hideous beast called sin, death, and the devil, unleashed and striking continuously.
  2. Nothing stands against you. Only Christ stands now, and he is for you, more for you than you could ever know, for you like nothing else that has ever loved you.
  3. The God who abundantly restores is still in the business of total restoration, even today. Even now the God of heaven restores dead sinners to life.
  4. Every part of Jesus’ encounter with Mary Magdalene in John 20 was incredibly intentional and personal for God to systematically redeem what was lost.
  5. What the gospel promises is not escape from our humanity, but resurrection from the dead.
  6. This book is not in your hands so that we can simply commiserate with each other’s difficulties. It is meant to pierce your sin-darkened night with the light of God’s Word.
  7. I want the beginning of my funeral to be focused on Jesus, as well as the middle, the end, and every point in between.
  8. Hamilton writes lucidly. He has that rare gift of walking the tightrope between the academy and the church, being able to communicate to both groups in the same book.
  9. 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.
  10. The promise here is that God is present with us in our troubles, issuing commands to save us before we ask. God does not ignore our suffering and cries.
  11. The Word of the Lord is sure. The enemy is defeated. Salvation is waiting for you.
  12. God is often hidden in history, even as we make it now, but He is always manifest where He has promised to be.