Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God

Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's judgement.

Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance?

Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God.

Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.

Grace is to be let into a place that you don't have a right to be.

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.