Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel.

Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification.

If there's anything in life that we should be passionate about, it's the gospel. And I don't mean passionate only about sharing it with others. I mean passionate about thinking about it, dwelling on it, rejoicing in it, allowing it to color the way we look at the world. Only one thing can be of first importance to each of us. And only the gospel ought to be.

We don't accidentally drift into holiness; rather we mature gradually and purposefully, one choice at a time.

To learn true humility, we need more than a redefinition of greatness; we need even more than Jesus' personal example of humble service. What we need is His death.

Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction by the world.

We cannot free ourselves from pride and selfish ambition; a divine rescue is absolutely necessary.