Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption .

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

All life-changing love is inconvenient.

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.

The purpose of Sabbath is not simply to rejuvenate yourself in order to do more production, nor is it the pursuit of pleasure. The purpose of Sabbath is to enjoy your God, life in general, what you have accomplished in the world through his help, and the freedom you have in the gospel-the freedom from slavery to any material object or human expectation. The Sabbath is a sign of the hope that we have in the world to come.

How could a good, all-powerful God allow suffering?

Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin.