1. Elsewhere makes promises that can’t be kept, but God’s promises are secure, reliable, and certain.
  2. Some part of us always wants our ability under the law to be just as important (or more) than grace.
  3. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  4. A Christian story untethered from the reality of Christ and his mercy toward sinners becomes a mere fable, while a sermon disconnected from the hearts of its listeners remains a hollow oratory.
  5. In Israel today, it's still possible to witness the same scene the disciples saw 2000 years ago when the Bedouin shepherds bring their flocks home from various pastures at the end of the day.
  6. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  7. Applying the pressure of law to ensure you do not to take grace for granted squeezes the life and power out of the gospel.
  8. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  9. Jonah’s biggest blunder was a failure to understand that God’s grace is always undeserved and always falls on those who are unworthy of it.
  10. 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.
  11. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.