A Christian is one who stops working to be saved, not one who stops working!

To take a person out of slavery takes an instant. To take slavery out of a person takes a process.

We're far worse than we ever imagined, and far more loved than we could ever dream.

Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away from sin, but the heart still clings. But repentance out of conviction over mercy is really sorrow over sin, sorrow over the grievousness of sin — it melts the heart away from sin. It makes the sin itself disgusting to us, so it loses its attractive power over us. We say, ‘this disgusting thing is an affront to the one who died for me. I’m continuing to stab him with it!’

The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.

All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil.

To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.