The gospel frees us from the relentless pressure of having to prove ourselves, for we are already proven and secure.

The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.

The purpose of Jesus's coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.

It's impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.

If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in the end the gift of God.

Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness.

Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.