1. Fullness, truth, reality – all this God gives us as his gift in Christ.
  2. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  3. By his first Advent in the flesh, through his second Advent with bread and wine and water and Word, we await his third Advent at the end.
  4. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  5. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  6. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
  7. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
  8. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  9. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
  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. You are a child of God. You’re blameless, holy, perfect, and righteous. Don’t feel that way? Too bad. God is greater than your heart.