1. Auden understands Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith not as a mere theological platitude, a trick of biblical grammar, or a catchphrase for men to rally around.
  2. Our Lord Jesus builds, forms, and fashions his church as an artist forms a mosaic.
  3. Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.
  4. While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.
  5. The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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