Sin is not just breaking the rules, it is putting yourself in the place of God as Savior, Lord, and Judge… There are two ways to be your own Savior and Lord. One is by breaking all the moral laws and setting your own course, and one is by keeping all the moral laws and being very, very good.

You are under-qualified for the job of God.

God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free gift.

If God does not have our highest allegiance, we will use prayer to try to get things that have that designation.

Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.

The irreligious don't repent at all and the religious only repent of sins. But Christians repent of their wrongfully placed righteousness.

You are a totally loved moral failure.