The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.

Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don't know about him, but because of what we do know about him.

Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.

The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.

You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.