What you treasure will ultimately require you die for it, Jesus is the only treasure that died for you.

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.

We get angry when we feel like God owes us a better life than we have.

Happiness is a by-product of wanting something more than happiness-to be rightly related to God and our neighbor.

No matter what precautions we take, no matter how well we have put together a good life, no matter how hard we have worked to be healthy, wealthy, comfortable with friends and family, and successful with our career — something will inevitably ruin it.

Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity.