1. Through the means of grace, Christ grants us a share in all the blessings of this ancient hope.
  2. That’s where a true encounter with God leaves you. Unable to point the finger at anyone else, all you can do is fall on your face, confess your sin, be absolved, and join the angels in singing, “Holy, holy, holy.”
  3. He loved me, to be sure, but in a very nondescript, emotionally detached way, which is the way my grandfather loved him.