1. We must be careful in how we use Bible verses to establish Scriptural truth both to others and to ourselves.
  2. Holding to Jesus’ teaching while denying His divinity presents a host of complications that make it difficult to take one and leave the other.
  3. Like the Pharisees, as well-meaning, contemporary Christians we too can often add fences to God’s Law.
  4. As a bass player, when I listen to music, I listen for what the bassist is doing. But, when I listen to music in my 2004 Honda Civic I have a problem: only one of the four speakers works.
  5. We sinners share a common problem when it comes to Jesus’ parables. We read them with an eye to our own righteousness.