When people say, "God is love," I think they mean that love is extremely important, or that God really wants us to love. But in Christian conception, God really has love as his essence.

No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.

We can only grasp the gospel's sweetness if we first grapple with its offense- you can't save yourself.

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.

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

Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.

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