1. But what God’s people want and need more than a perfect sermon, or even necessarily a polished one, is a true one.
  2. The outward sins we do all begin with Sin hidden in our hearts. But we cannot see that, it has to be revealed to us by a spiritual scan, an MRI from above.
  3. The ancients had a process for preparing to give a speech that has come down to us as the so-called “canons” (or stages) of rhetoric, which continues to be useful for orators of all kinds, not least preachers.
  4. Jesus is taking the Law and setting it forth in such a way that we get a good look at what is going on in us.
  5. “What’s the play about?” Imogene asked. “It’s about Jesus,” I said. “Everything here is,” she muttered.

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