1. 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.
  2. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  3. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  4. 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."
  5. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  6. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  7. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  8. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  9. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  10. We live again, not so that we will now pay our debt, but to proclaim that we live because our debt was paid!
  11. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.