The Spirit takes the truth of who Jesus is and reveals him to us. The Spirit exposes the works and character of Jesus

If you are rich, the Spirt will send you to the poor. If you are "somebody", the Spirit will send you to the "nobodies"

You can take away a lot of elements and still have the church. If you take away the Holy Spirit you don't have church

Philippians 2:19-24 reminds us gospel work is relational work because God's love cannot be divorced from relationships.

Sometimes we have a Jesus heart but mess it up w/ cultural methods. The way the Kingdom comes IS the Kingdom that comes.

If salvation was a static thing, never changing or growing, the Apostle Paul would never have written Philippians 2:12

Being a house for the holy is not expressed in what we cling to, but rather in what we give up

Hearing from Jesus is really only the beginning of intimacy. What does it actually mean to go deeper?

Hosea 3:5 is an Advent passage. The coming of the Lord does cause us to tremble--but it's at his goodness.

We sing the song early: the cook tastes the meal before the banquet; we have tasted of the age to come. This is Advent Joy.