When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.

If you have to run away from something that used to be an idol, you're actually still enslaved by it. It's still controlling you.

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.

The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.

Everyone worships something. The only choice you get is what to worship.

We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.