Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.

Faith in God's promises means not always following the expected, rational path.

If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public.

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.

Repentance is like antiseptic. You pour antiseptic onto a wound and, at first, it stings. Then it heals.