1. Applying the pressure of law to ensure you do not to take grace for granted squeezes the life and power out of the gospel.
  2. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  3. Jesus continues to do the same for me and for you as he did for his disciples. He still shows up for us. He still speaks his peace to us.
  4. This article is written by guest contributor, Aaron Boerst.
  5. Don’t get in the habit (or, if you already do it, get out of the habit) of saying, “I could never talk about these things the way my pastor does.”
  6. Defy the world with its “oughts” and “shoulds,” for in Christ, it is finished.
  7. The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.
  8. The death and resurrection did indeed really happen. They are accomplished historical facts, and by them, so too is the forgiveness of our sins and justification before God.
  9. He represents our likeness, fulfills it, and so has the prerogative to reproduce his likeness in us.
  10. This article is written by guest contributor, Aaron Boerst
  11. The relationship with God through Christ and renewal in his image in Christ cannot be taken away or compromised through suffering.