There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his grace.

The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.

To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of sin, and then present Jesus as the only remedy for what ails them and the world. In my weekly preaching in the worship services I always call people to believe in Christ.

The Gospel is this: You're more sinful, evil and weak than you'd ever believe. But you're more valued, accepted and loved than you dared hope.

The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.

Our moral efforts are too feeble and falsely motivated to ever merit salvation.

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.