Every treasure on this earth says, 'Give your life to purchase me.' Jesus says 'I'm the one treasure who died to purchase you.'

Discipleship is not an option. Jesus says that if anyone would come after me, he must follow me.

Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

Prayer turns theology into experience.

Repentance is like antiseptic. You pour antiseptic onto a wound and, at first, it stings. Then it heals.

It is inaccurate to think the gospel is what saves non-Christians, and then Christians mature by trying hard to live according to biblical principles. It is more accurate to say that we are saved by believing the gospel, and then we are transformed in every part of our minds, hearts, and lives by believing the gospel more and more deeply as life goes on.