1. There is an association, almost a one-to-one correspondence, between the gift and the nature of the giving.
  2. When we pray to Jesus, we pray to the King's right hand. We know one who has the Father's ear, respect and trust. And the one who intercedes for us is still one of us, with nail-pierced hands.
  3. Preaching is the first line of defense and catechetical offensive against these corrosive falsehoods.
  4. God is not an impassive monster who is unfamiliar with our horrendous ailments. Rather, in Christ, God familiarizes himself with our suffering and becomes particularly attuned to the fragility of fallen humanity.
  5. Though not without his faults, Anselm of Canterbury is unquestionably one of the great theologians of the last millennium.
  6. Preach the full council of God even as it focuses on the Virgin Mary who was the virginal handmaid of the Lord and through whom Immanuel, “God with us,” happens.
  7. Understanding the doctrine of the hypostatic union can help us understand what God is up to in the Incarnation.
  8. Trusting in Christ’s shed blood also means that we serve the living God. We don’t trust in nothing. We don’t serve a fake god.
  9. As one substance, Christ is God become man, the fullness of God who was pleased to dwell in Jesus Christ.
  10. Holding to Jesus’ teaching while denying His divinity presents a host of complications that make it difficult to take one and leave the other.
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