If God wiped out all sources of evil in the world we would no longer be here, the evil is inside us.

Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin. Without the gospel we’re motivated through all sorts of awful fear and pride to change and it doesn’t really change our hearts; it just restrains our hearts.

Disordered love always leads to misery and breakdown. The only way to 'reorder' our loves is to love God supremely.

Jesus lost all his glory so that we could be clothed in it. He was shut out so we could get access. He was bound, nailed, so that we could be free. He was cast out so we could approach. And Jesus took away the only kind of suffering that can really destroy you: that is being cast away from God. He took so that now all suffering that comes into your life will only make you great. A lump of coal under pressure becomes a diamond. And the suffering of a person in Christ only turns you into somebody gorgeous.

If God is real, why does he align perfectly with our views? We should expect God to challenge us on what we think is right somewhere

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.

People only get in the afterlife what they have most wanted-either to have God as Savior and Master or to be their own Saviors and Masters.