Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt.

It is one thing to understand the gospel but is quite another to experience the gospel in such a way that it fundamentally changes us and becomes the source of our identity and security.

If you want to be led by the Spirit of God, then devote yourself to the Word of God.

Satan's primary temptation strategy is to try and make us forget what God has said about us and to evaluate our standing before God by some other criteria

Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain all the spiritual gifts in the world. You can take the most radical steps of obedience. You can share every meal with the homeless in your city. You can memorize the book of Leviticus. You can pray each morning for four hours like Martin Luther. But if what you do does not flow out of a heart of love - a heart that does those things because it genuinely desires to do them - it is ultimately worthless to God.

Things like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel.

We may not be worthy to be forgiven, but He is worthy to forgive us.