Jesus does not just bring good news; he is the good news.

Legalism is looking to something besides Jesus Christ in order to be acceptable and clean before God.

We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.

While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life’s joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to sit in the midst of this world’s sorrows, tasting the coming joy.

But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.