In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more and nothing I have done that makes You love me less.

In a post-Christian, skeptical age, love on display is the most convincing apologetic.

Getting doctrine right is a matter of life and death, but holding that doctrine in the right spirit is essential too. A great deal of damage is done by those who hold the truth of Christ with the spirit of Satan.

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.

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

Often the strongest evidence of my growth in grace is my growth in the knowledge of my need for grace.

God calls us first... not to a platform, but to an altar!