We are saved by a man who died loving his enemies.

Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.

God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.

A god of less wrath than the God of the Bible is necessarily a god of less love. His anger is a product of his love.

Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God.

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it. God's saving love in Christ, however, is marked by both radical truthfulness about who we are and yet also radical, unconditional commitment to us. The merciful commitment strengthens us to see the truth about ourselves and repent. The conviction and repentance moves us to cling to and rest in God's mercy and grace.

Holiness gives us new desires and brings old desires into line with one another.