Many people think of the Bible as a book of moral teachings with stories sprinkled through to illustrate the teachings. But it's a lot BETTER THAN THAT...the Bible is a single true story with teachings sprinkled through to illustrate the story.

Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God.

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

Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties

The key question in order to change you is not 'What would Jesus do?' but "What has Jesus done for you?"

If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster. We come to God saying, "Look at all I've done," or maybe "Look at all I've suffered." God, however, wants us to look to him - to just wash.

The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.