1. God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
  2. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  3. God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.
  4. The only place to begin a discussion of human/creaturely identity is with our relationship to the God whose breath filled dust, brought us to life, sustains us and gives us a hopeful future.
  5. If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.
  6. The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
  7. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  8. When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
  9. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  10. If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.