The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.

In the church we have to deliberately let ourselves be transparent and accountable to others. We're a family.

Jesus says, "I want you to follow me so fully, so intensely, so enduringly that all other attachments in your life look weak by comparison"

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

It is because of the doctrine of judgment and hell that Jesus' proclamations of grace and love are so astounding.

Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.

If you're avoiding sin and living morally so that God will have to bless you and save you, then you may be looking to Jesus as a teacher, model, and helper, but ironically you are avoiding him as Savior. You are trusting in your own goodness rather than in Jesus for your standing with God.