God blesses his people with extravagant grace so they might extend his extravagant glory to all peoples on the earth

We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires.

I am finding deep joy in depending on Christ for the guidance only He can provide as He produces the fruit of gospel in my life.

If we were left to ourselves with the task of taking the gospel to the world, we would immediately begin planning innovative strategies and plotting elaborate schemes. We would organize conventions, develop programs, and create foundations… But Jesus is so different from us. With the task of taking the gospel to the world, he wandered through the streets and byways…All He wanted was a few men who would think as He did, love as He did, see as He did, teach as He did and serve as He did. All He needed was to revolutionize the hearts of a few, and they would impact the world.

I want to move from what we let go of to whom we hold on to. I want to explore not just the gravity of what we forsake in this world, but also the greatness of the one we follow in this world.

Our greatest need is not to try harder. Our greatest need is a new heart.

We assume that our race simply deserves heaven; that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant otherwise.