The more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God’s grace appears to you.

It is inaccurate to think the gospel is what saves non-Christians, and then Christians mature by trying hard to live according to biblical principles. It is more accurate to say that we are saved by believing the gospel, and then we are transformed in every part of our minds, hearts, and lives by believing the gospel more and more deeply as life goes on.

Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.

The essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus.

Unless you believe the gospel, everything you do will be driven by either pride or fear.

Jesus experienced homelessness at Christmas so that we could experience a love we could never lose.

In the secular view, suffering is never seen as a meaningful part of life but only as an interruption.