Godliness is sexy in a way that physical attraction can never be.

Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.

The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God.

When you blow it, God still celebrates His Son in you. The litmus test of whether or not you understand the gospel is what you do when you fail. Do you run from Him and go clean yourself up a little bit before you come back into the throne room? Or do you approach the throne of grace with confidence? If you don't approach the throne of grace with confidence, you don't understand the gospel.

Until Christ is our treasure, any other motivation we have to suffer for him is a fool’s errand.

If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.

Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God. You can scare people into coming to your church, you can scare people into trying to be good, you can scare people into giving money, you can even scare them into walking down an aisle and praying a certain prayer, but you cannot scare people into loving God. You just can’t do it.