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.

But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.

Jesus experienced homelessness at Christmas so that we could experience a love we could never lose.

The future is already won, and the more hostile the culture, the easier it is to communicate the difference of Christianity.

The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.

This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves. So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).

It takes more than a great church to reach a city, it takes a great movement of churches.