...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community - the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.

God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.

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

Jesus is the ultimate Job, the only truly innocent sufferer.

Religious people find God useful. Gospel people find him beautiful.

Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but never achieved. And because the joy will be even greater for all that evil, this means the final defeat of all those forces that would have destroyed the purpose of God in creation, namely, to live with his people in glory and delight forever.