1. Applying the pressure of law to ensure you do not to take grace for granted squeezes the life and power out of the gospel.
  2. Jesus continues to do the same for me and for you as he did for his disciples. He still shows up for us. He still speaks his peace to us.
  3. Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.
  4. Your champion steps forward.
  5. Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
  6. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
  7. Yes, Christmas brings joy, but no less danger
  8. Finding rest in God when the “what ifs”come calling
  9. How can he say it? How can he say that Christ is after all the entire meaning of life for him, and that death is no real worry?
  10. In that moment of greatest despair, we find the antidote for all our fears. We know we are beloved of God and there is salvation in Christ’s atoning death.