How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.

Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself

Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially 'deify.' We will look to it with all the passion and intensity of worship and devotion, even if we think ourselves as highly irreligious.

How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship

If you have to run away from something that used to be an idol, you're actually still enslaved by it. It's still controlling you.

You are under-qualified for the job of God.

The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.