It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.

The gospel is not just the “ABCs” but the “A-to-Z” of the Christian life.

Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.

Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away from sin, but the heart still clings. But repentance out of conviction over mercy is really sorrow over sin, sorrow over the grievousness of sin — it melts the heart away from sin. It makes the sin itself disgusting to us, so it loses its attractive power over us. We say, ‘this disgusting thing is an affront to the one who died for me. I’m continuing to stab him with it!’

Truth is more important, freedom is more complex, and Jesus is more liberating than you think.

The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.

Jesus' purpose is not to warm our hearts but to shatter our categories.