1. 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.
  2. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  3. The church is called to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. Where is that message found? In every blade of grass, on every page of Scripture.
  4. He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
  5. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  6. The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.
  7. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  8. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  9. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  10. What does professional wrestling and preaching have in common?
  11. What (if anything) makes a sermon distinctive?