1. 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.”
  2. We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
  3. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  4. 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.
  5. Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
  6. What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
  7. God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
  8. There is no justification by the works of the law
  9. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  10. Any message other than "Christ for you" is not good news.
  11. Matthew 22 sees Jesus address Jewish legal debates. In the process, he makes disticntions between the Law and Gospel.
  12. How the ancient view of "guts" is a lively metaphor of promise