Jesus lost all his glory so that we could be clothed in it. He was shut out so we could get access. He was bound, nailed, so that we could be free. He was cast out so we could approach. And Jesus took away the only kind of suffering that can really destroy you: that is being cast away from God. He took so that now all suffering that comes into your life will only make you great. A lump of coal under pressure becomes a diamond. And the suffering of a person in Christ only turns you into somebody gorgeous.

The world says you are loved because of what you do. Jesus says you can now do all things because you are loved.

The Gospel is the deepest consolation you can offer to the human heart.

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.

Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend.

The deeper the experience of the free grace of God, the more generous we must become.

We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture.