Easter means that Christmas worked.

If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves.

The gospel has two parts. It has the part that says you're a sinner, and it has the part that says you're loved and accepted.

How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.

Sin is not just breaking the rules, it is putting yourself in the place of God as Savior, Lord, and Judge… There are two ways to be your own Savior and Lord. One is by breaking all the moral laws and setting your own course, and one is by keeping all the moral laws and being very, very good.

I am so bad that He had to die. I am so loved that He was glad to die.

When you say, "Come in Jesus as my caregiver, stay out as my Lord," he can't. He's both.