The Christian life becomes impossible. That is, it becomes supernatural.
humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.
The Gospel is not a picture of adoption, adoption is a picture of the Gospel.
Bitterness about your parents’ brokenness will kill you. Be the grace-filled end of generational sin in your family.
If truth does not lead to falling in love, it fails.
Christ did not die to make good works merely possible or to produce a half-hearted pursuit. He died to produce in us a passion for good deeds. Christian purity is not the mere avoidance of evil, but the pursuit of good.