If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves.

We deserve to be forgotten because we forget Him. But because Jesus died on the cross, we will never, ever be forgotten by God.

Prayer turns theology into experience.

Jesus was the temple to end all temples, the priest to end all priests, & the sacrifice to end all sacrifices.

One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do.

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.

God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver. From the earliest parts of the Bible, it was understood that God could not forgive without sacrifice. No one who is seriously wronged can “just forgive” the perpetrator.