True citizens of the heavenly city are the best residents of the earthly city.

Elder brothers obey God to get things. They don't obey God to get God himself — in order to resemble him, love him, know him, and delight him.

The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive

Holiness gives us new desires and brings old desires into line with one another.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.

The resurrection of the body means that we do not merely receive a consolation for the life we have lost but a restoration of it. We not only get the bodies and lives we had but the bodies and lives we wished for but had never before received.