Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts

Surveys show that more than 50 percent of people in the U.S. have prayed the sinner's prayer and think they're going to heaven because of it even though there is no detectable difference in their lifestyles from those outside of the church. On this issue- the most important issue on earth- we have to be absolutely clear. We need to preach salvation by repentance before God and faith in the finished work of Christ.

Focusing on what we ought to do for God creates only frustration and exhaustion; focusing on what Jesus has done for us produces abundant fruit. Resting in what Jesus has done for us releases the revolutionary power of the gospel.

The goal of the gospel is to produce a type of people consumed with passion for God an love for others.

When we realize how great a debt we owe to God, we become willing servants, eager to be poured out for God and His Kingdom.

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.

Satan's most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what God has declared over us in the gospel.