Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because he wanted to die for you.

What you treasure will ultimately require you die for it, Jesus is the only treasure that died for you.

Work is taking the raw material of creation and developing it for the sake of others.

We can only grasp the gospel's sweetness if we first grapple with its offense- you can't save yourself.

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.

We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.

If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining.