God knows everything. So why not run to him and tell him all the things that he already knows?

Jesus was not just a prophet but the fulfillment of all prophecy.

It’s all too easy to turn the fight of faith into sanctification-by-checklist. Take care of a few bad habits, develop a couple good ones, and you’re set. But a moral checklist doesn’t take into consideration the idols of the hearts. It may not even have the gospel as part of the equation. And inevitably, checklist spirituality is highly selective. So you end up feeling successful at sanctification because you stayed away from drugs, lost weight, served at the soup kitchen, and renounced Styrofoam. But you’ve ignored gentleness, humility, joy, and sexual purity.

There is no way to work your way to God. There is no way to climb up to heaven. There is only one way, and that is through Christ.

The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply

The finality of Christs redemption for us is intimately tied to the finality of his revelation to us. . . . If we say revelation is not complete, we must admit that somehow the work of redemption also remains unfinished. . . . Scripture is enough because the work of Christ is enough. They stand or fall together.

Am I trying to do good or to make myself look good?