If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to merit God's salvation you haven't believed at all, even if you try to do a little bit.

The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.

Holiness gives us new desires and brings old desires into line with one another.

All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart.

What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

The peace of God is not the absence of fear. It, in fact, is His presence.