Truth without love is imperious self-righteousn ess. Love without truth is cowardly self-indulgence .

When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.

The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.

Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle-yet, the way to reality.

God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside. It comes inside your belief system, as it were, and affirms something you believe strongly. And then it says - well if you believe this (A) then why in the world can't you see that B is true?