God's reason for all of the impossible situations He puts His people into is to make crystal-clear that His promises will be fulfilled by His power and for His glory alone.
Jesus re-configures our expectations for the Kingdom of God.
The goal of all things is that Jesus be preeminent.
Jesus is a worthy treasure because He is supreme over all creation.
Nothing plus Jesus is better than everything else without Him.
There is a gap between the end of exile and the end of the age, and Jesus has made a conscious decision to allow both good and evil to grow up together during this time.
Jesus is here to end the exile, and plant His people by His Word...
We often think that the parables are nice stories to help people understand, but the reality is far from that idea...
Good doctrine is essential, but insufficient.
The "unforgivable sin" isn't something you do by accident.
God wants to be in relationship with His people—and He orders that relationship through His covenants.
Jesus has overwhelmed the darkness—and we have nothing to fear.