The gospel is not just the A-B-C's but the A-Z of Christianity. The gospel is not just the minimum required doctrine necessary to enter the kingdom, but the way we make all progress in the kingdom.

This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves. So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).

Accepted in Christ, we now run the race 'for the joy that is set before us' rather than 'for fear that comes behind us'.

Not everyone is your brother or sister in the faith, but everyone is your neighbor, and you must love your neighbor.

Even if our own troubles are great, we should still serve. Jesus washed His disciples feet on the way to the cross.

Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

The deeper the experience of the free grace of God, the more generous we must become.