1. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  2. 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.”
  3. Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
  4. Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
  5. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  6. God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
  7. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  8. The Lord has remembered to help his servant Israel, to fulfill his promises to Abraham and to his offspring forever, not mostly or mainly because of his mercy, but exclusively so.
  9. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  10. It is of the utmost importance that pastors teach their congregation that through faith in Jesus Christ, they are fortified against the machinations of the adversary.
  11. Lewis takes us to the planets to satisfy our cravings for spiritual adventure, which, as he says, “sends our imaginations off the Earth,” in the first place.
  12. 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.