After creation God said, 'It is finished'-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, 'It is finished'-and we can rest.

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

Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the prophets, however, saves completely by grace. He cannot be manipulated by religious and moral performance--he can only be reached through repentance, through the giving up of power. If we are saved by sheer grace we can only become grateful, willing servants of God and of everyone around us.

When the world sees us doing evangelism, they just see us recruiting. When they see us doing justice, they see God's glory.

Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none.

The gospel is not just the A-B-C's but the A-Z of Christianity. The gospel is not just the minimum required doctrine necessary to enter the kingdom, but the way we make all progress in the kingdom.

The key to continual and deeper spiritual renewal and revival is the continual re-discovery of the gospel.