If Christianity is really true it will be offending and correcting you somewhere.

In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a child of God.’ But only in Christianity does the imperative flow from the indicative. ‘Because I am in Christ all these things, therefore I obey.’ Exactly the opposite.

The Gospel is this: You're more sinful, evil and weak than you'd ever believe. But you're more valued, accepted and loved than you dared hope.

If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.

Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but never achieved. And because the joy will be even greater for all that evil, this means the final defeat of all those forces that would have destroyed the purpose of God in creation, namely, to live with his people in glory and delight forever.

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

We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before them.