What you do in secret tells you who your God is.

When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's.

In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a child of God.’ But only in Christianity does the imperative flow from the indicative. ‘Because I am in Christ all these things, therefore I obey.’ Exactly the opposite.

Jesus does not just bring good news; he is the good news.

The essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus.

Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners.

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.