God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.

Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.

We must not settle for an informed mind without an engaged heart.

Grace is to be let into a place that you don't have a right to be.

Jesus Christ, who had all the power in the world, saw us enslaved by the very things we thought would free us ... He laid aside the infinities and immensities of His being and, at the cost of His life, paid the debt for our sins, purchasing us the only place our hearts can rest, in His Father's house. Knowing He did this will transform us from the inside out.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.