Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin. Without the gospel we’re motivated through all sorts of awful fear and pride to change and it doesn’t really change our hearts; it just restrains our hearts.

Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.

So live in the light of the resurrection and renewal of this world, and of yourself, in a glorious, never-ending, joyful dance of grace.

The world says you are loved because of what you do. Jesus says you can now do all things because you are loved.

We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything.

If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God's poetic justice.