1. 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.
  2. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  3. When the church is a political actor, the gospel doesn’t have the final word.
  4. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  5. Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.
  6. Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
  7. Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
  8. We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
  9. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
  10. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do