To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.

The primary means-of-reviva l that everyone agrees upon is extraordinary prayer.

The gospel shows us that our spiritual problem lies not only in failing to obey God, but also in relying on our obedience to make us fully acceptable to God, ourselves and others. Every kind of character flaw comes from this natural impulse to be our own saviour through our own performance and achievement. On the one hand, proud and disdainful personalities come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are succeeding. But on the other hand, discouraged and self loathing personalities also come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are failing.

When you listen and read one thinker, you become a clone… two thinkers, you become confused… ten thinkers, you’ll begin developing your own voice… two or three hundred thinkers, you become wise and develop your voice.

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

Jesus's teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing , religious people of his day.

The product of a true, growing, gospel-centered nature is often gentleness.