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

It is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them.

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.

Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won't matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength.

Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.

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.

The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us.