The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.

Money isn't an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.

If you can't show the difference between religion and the Gospel, people will confuse morality with a changed heart

People are messy; therefore, relationships will be messy. Don't be surprised by messiness.

The church is not a museum for pristine saints, but a hospital ward for broken sinners.

Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words from God, truths on which we can build our lives, truths we have to submit to, truths we have to obey, and truths we have to build our lives on, but he himself is the truth.

All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.