The way you lose the gospel is not by denying it, but by assuming it.

How much would our churches be transformed if each of us made it a practice to thank God for others and then to tell those others what it is about them that we thank God for?

Sin defies God, utterly corrupts each individual, corrodes all social relationships, and issues in death.

God's love in John 3:16 is not amazing because the world is so big, but because the world is so bad.

What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence.

The person who loves his life will lose it: it could not be otherwise, for to love one's life is a fundamental denial of God's sovereignty, of God's rights, and a brazen elevation of self to the apogee of one's perception, and therefore an idolatrous focus on self, which is the heart of all sin

The notion of the enduring authority focuses on the fact that some people think that notions like authority of Scripture's is passé, while others say that the present configuration of the doctrine of inerrancy is a late addition. And to both we want to say, No we're talking about the enduring authority of Scripture, grounded first and foremost in its relevatory status, something given by God and utterly reliable.