We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too.

Secularism and Religion are both all about your personal performance. The Gospel is the performance of another applied to you.

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

If you come to recognize the beliefs on which your doubts about Christianity are based, and if you seek as much proof for those beliefs as you seek from Christians for theirs - you will discover that your doubts are not as solid as they first appeared.

Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.

Jesus Christ, who had all the power in the world, saw us enslaved by the very things we thought would free us ... He laid aside the infinities and immensities of His being and, at the cost of His life, paid the debt for our sins, purchasing us the only place our hearts can rest, in His Father's house. Knowing He did this will transform us from the inside out.