1. Satan didn't lie, but he told Adam and Eve exactly what would happen. The only thing he didn't say is whether or not they would like it.
  2. The struggle is real. That is to say, the struggle with sin. Can we make ourselves holy? Can we find within ourselves the strength to make it better?
  3. . . . and with that, Craig and Troy put Matthew to bed, wrapping up with a dive into the Great Commission
  4. Pain and suffering; it can feel like punishment from an angry God, and we try to figure out the cause, to our own frustration.
  5. Fear and great joy at Jesus' resurrection! But also rejection and refusal.
  6. Waiting on God can seem like slow motion torture sometimes.
  7. Jesus does not take the easy way out, but takes the hard path so that you don't need to.
  8. The irony of guilt and innocence abounds in this passage: Jesus is innocent but condemned; we are guilty but set free.
  9. Judas, Peter, and you are all betrayers of Jesus, and yet He does the work necessary to forgive your sins.