1. Elsewhere makes promises that can’t be kept, but God’s promises are secure, reliable, and certain.
  2. It's easy to have courage when things go well.
  3. 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.
  4. When Jesus appeared again to his disciples on that first Easter evening and again a week later with Thomas and the Emmaus disciples, what did Jesus show them? His hands.
  5. Applying the pressure of law to ensure you do not to take grace for granted squeezes the life and power out of the gospel.
  6. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  7. 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.”
  8. Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.
  9. Regardless of background or beliefs, every American I talk to seems on edge, as if the sky were about to fall. But the sky is not falling.
  10. Your champion steps forward.
  11. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.