Contextualization is not giving people what they want. It is giving God's answers (which they probably do not want) to the questions they are asking and in forms they can comprehend.

To stand in the presence of God, that is what the Gospel is. The Gospel is not primarily about forgiveness. It’s not primarily about good feelings. It’s not primarily about power. All those things are byproducts, sparks. It’s primarily about the presence of God.

One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do.

Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.

Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way.

People only get in the afterlife what they have most wanted-either to have God as Savior and Master or to be their own Saviors and Masters.

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.