At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The way to progress as a Christian is to continually repent and uproot these systems the same way we become Christians, namely by the vivid depiction (and re-depiction) of Christ’s saving work for us, and the abandoning of self-trusting efforts to complete ourselves. We must go back again and again to the gospel of Christ-crucified, so that our hearts are more deeply gripped by the reality of what he did and who we are in him.

If we are not deliberately thinking about our culture and our context, we will be conformed to it without ever knowing.

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

The resurrection was God's way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.

A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside. It comes inside your belief system, as it were, and affirms something you believe strongly. And then it says - well if you believe this (A) then why in the world can't you see that B is true?

Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'.