It is inaccurate to think the gospel is what saves non-Christians, and then Christians mature by trying hard to live according to biblical principles. It is more accurate to say that we are saved by believing the gospel, and then we are transformed in every part of our minds, hearts, and lives by believing the gospel more and more deeply as life goes on.

To love our success more than God and our neighbor hardens the heart, making us less able to feel and to sense.

God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.

If you come from insignificance and when you die you return to insignificance, then nothing is significant now.

When the world sees us doing evangelism, they just see us recruiting. When they see us doing justice, they see God's glory.

Jesus's teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing , religious people of his day.

Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel. Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.