When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted by God, that He is my heavenly Intercessor - then His blood is the antidote to the poison in the voices that echo in my conscience, condemning me for my many failures. Indeed, Christ's shed blood chokes them into silence!

The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life.

Where God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows. Where there is no spirit of worship, there God has been dethroned and displaced.

Jesus Christ is able to set us free because He has dealt with the sin that enslaves us.

The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional ("I feel full of worship" or "The atmosphere is so worshipful"). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.

The Father did not require the death of Christ to persuade Him to love us. Christ died because the Father loves us.

It's the centrality of the Word and not the person who preaches it that's important.