1. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  2. Bathed in the waters of baptism, you are placed in God's path of totality, a path he won for each and every one of us.
  3. 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.”
  4. The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.
  5. Patrick's breakthrough came when he began to leverage his knowledge of the native language and customs to build a bridge between Irish lore and the Christian mythos.
  6. Are you on the receiving end of freedom? Or are you trying to make yourself free?
  7. Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.
  8. The love of God in Christ Jesus never changes. That love is for you.
  9. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  10. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
  11. The church is called to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. Where is that message found? In every blade of grass, on every page of Scripture.
  12. We are not pursuing dragons; we are the dragons. We are, all of us, Eustace Scrubb.