If you need something in addition to God to make you happy, that is your true King.

Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone, since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.

You cannot have Jesus' rescue without accepting His rule.

The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.

Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but never achieved. And because the joy will be even greater for all that evil, this means the final defeat of all those forces that would have destroyed the purpose of God in creation, namely, to live with his people in glory and delight forever.